Meaning | A steerable self-propelled aircraft. |
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Synonym | dirigible |
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Instances | zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin | A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs |
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Parts | car, gondola | The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | aeronave, dirigible, zepelín |
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Catalan | aeronau, dirigible, nau aèria |
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