airship (redirected from Airships)

air·ship  (ârshp)

n.

A self-propelled lighter-than-air craft with directional control surfaces. Also called dirigible.

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airship [ˈɛəˌʃɪp]

n

(Engineering / Aeronautics) a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft Also called dirigible zeppelin

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

airship - a steerable self-propelled aircraft dirigible barrage balloon - an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low sausage balloon, blimp, sausage - a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon car, gondola - the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancy

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airship

noun zeppelin, blimp, dirigible The British airship R101 crashed in France, killing 48 passengers.

Translations

airship [ˈɛəʃɪp] N → aeronave f

airship [ˈɛə^rʃɪp] n → dirigeable m
air show airshow [ˈɛə^rʃəʊ] n

(= display) → meeting m aérien

(= trade exhibition) → salon m de l'aéronautique

airship [ˈɛəˌʃɪp] n → dirigibile m, aeronave f