airship

Noun
  • A steerable self-propelled aircraft (synset 102695736)
    hypernym: lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
    hyponym:
    • 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
    instance hyponym: graf zeppelin, zeppelin - a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
    part holonym: car, gondola - the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
    synonym: dirigible

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