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Meanings of spaceship in English

Portuguese
nave estelar
Catalan
cosmonau
Spanish
nave

A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)

nave estelar

A vehicle that can travel in outer space.

Usage of spaceship in English
1
Question 6: Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship made its maiden voyage this week.
Reuters
2
The spaceship that 'happened to be passing' was, almost by definition, impossible.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
3
The great steel hull and the small spaceship were 20 miles apart.
Space Tug
4
There is nothing in my spaceship besides water and the hibernation system.
Devourer
5
A spaceship was rising in the distant sky over the shining forest.
Wandl the Invader
6
So, it makes a lot more sense than Apple's new spaceship headquarters.
Wired
7
Or else this is a different spaceship. Neither Richard nor Francesca responded.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
8
Far above, blackness in the shape of a spaceship blotted out stars.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
9
Far above, blackness blotted out stars in the shape of a spaceship.
Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet
10
He'll just come over and moan about how his spaceship's broken again.
The Guardian
11
The sound he heard was the unmistakable blasting roar of a spaceship.
Treachery in Outer Space
12
That morning he had not even the patience to design a spaceship.
Archer’s Goon
13
If Rama is a spaceship, perhaps they are part of its crew.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
14
It is renowned for its unusual spaceship design and state-of-the-art sound system.
Reuters
15
I did not doubt for an instant that this was a spaceship.
The Hyperion Cantos
16
You can almost think of it as the hull of a spaceship.
Wired
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Translations for spaceship
Spanish
nave
Spaceship through the time
Spaceship across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common