airship

UK: /ˈɛə^rʃɪp/ US: /ˈɛrˌʃɪp/ ,(âr′ship′)

Inflections of 'airship' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

airships

v 3rd person singular

airshipping

v pres p

airshipped

v past

airshipped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

air•ship /ˈɛrˌʃɪp/   n. [countable]

1. Aeronautics a self-propelled, lighter-than-air craft in which the direction of flight can be controlled;
   dirigible.Compare blimp.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

air•ship  (âr′ship′), n. 

1. Aeronautics a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight;
   dirigible. Cf. blimp.

• air¹ + ship 1810–20, for an earlier sense

air-ship  (âr′ship′), v.t., -shipped, -ship•ping. 

1. to send or ship via aircraft:
   to air-ship machine parts overseas.

• 1950–1955

air′-ship′pa•ble, adj. 

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airship / ˈɛəˌʃɪp/ noun

1. a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft
   Also called: dirigible, zeppelin