starship

noun

star·​ship ˈstär-ˌship How to pronounce starship (audio)
: a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel

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Here, however, players shoot oncoming asteroids by sliding a physical starship piece around the Board. — Kevin Cortez, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 However, a letter-writing campaign mounted by 100,000 fans of Star Trek called on NASA to name it Enterprise, after the starship from the original TV series, which ran from 1966 to 1969. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Sometimes a starship encounters a cosmic entity that — for some hard-to-fathom reason — chooses to study lesser mortals by forcing them into a big old game of dress-up. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The tactic saw the starship jump to warp speed toward its enemy, suddenly stop at close range, and then open fire before light or sensor signals from its former position arrived. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for starship

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of starship was in 1882

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starship

noun
star·​ship ˈstär-ˌship How to pronounce starship (audio)
: a vehicle designed for travel between stars
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