airship

See also: air ship

English

Etymology

air +‎ ship

Noun

airship (plural airships)

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.

2. (informal) Any aircraft.

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

Translations

self-propelled lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered — see dirigible

aircraft — see aircraft

Verb

airship (third-person singular simple present airships, present participle airshipping, simple past and past participle airshipped)

1. To transport goods by aircraft.

See also

• balloon
• barrage balloon
• blimp
• dirigible
• zeppelin, Zeppelin