airship

/ˌɛərˈʃɪp/
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Other forms: airships

Definitions of airship
  1. noun
    a steerable self-propelled aircraft
    synonyms: dirigible
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    examples:
    Graf Zeppelin
    a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
    types:
    barrage balloon
    an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
    blimp, sausage, sausage balloon
    a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
    kite balloon
    a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind
    type of:
    lighter-than-air craft
    aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
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