airship
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[edit] Noun
airship (plural airships)
- 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.
- (informal) Any aircraft.
- On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
[edit] Translations
A lighter-than-air aircraft
