airship

Noun
  1. A steerable self-propelled aircraft (synset 102695736)
    is a type of: lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
    subtypes:
    • barrage balloon - an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
    • blimp, sausage, sausage balloon - a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
    specific instances: graf zeppelin, zeppelin - a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
    has: car, gondola - the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
    same as: dirigible

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