spaceship

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

A loud explosion suddenly rocked the spaceship. — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell
They must have spaceships if they are the enemy. — The Secret of the Ninth Planet, Donald A. Wollheim
About fifteen hundred to two thousand years ago, a reasonably high electrochemical civilization developed and they began working with nuclear energy and developed reaction-drive spaceships. — Time Crime, H. Beam Piper

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