Meaning

4 senses
  1. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

    Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.

    a steerable self-propelled aircraft

  2. (US)A police air unit, a police helicopter.

  3. (informal)Any aircraft.

    On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.

  4. (UK, derogatory, in the plural)A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. What does an airship look like?

    Як виглядає повітряний корабель?

    ruКак выглядит дирижабль?

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  2. An airship is lighter than air.

    ruДирижабль легче воздуха.

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  3. The airship's shadow covered the whole street.

    ruТень дирижабля покрывала всю улицу.

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  4. Airships are a common trope in steampunk works.

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  5. The airship burst into flames.

    deDas Luftschiff ging in Flammen auf.

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Origin

From air + ship.

From air + ship.

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Forms

plural: airships

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a steerable self-propelled aircraft:dirigible

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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