airship (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *airship*:
NOUN	artifact	airship, dirigible	a steerable self-propelled aircraft

airship > pronunciation
Sounds	eh'rshih.p
Rhymes	acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp...

English > *airship*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A steerable self-propelled aircraft.
Synonym	dirigible
Instances	zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin	A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
Parts	car, gondola	The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
Narrower	barrage balloon	An elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy / enemy planes that are flying low
Narrower	blimp, sausage balloon, sausage	A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
Broader	lighter-than-air craft	aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
Spanish	aeronave, dirigible, zepelín
Catalan	aeronau, dirigible, nau aèria

HyperDic: airship