How to spell spaceship

Spaceship is spelled S-P-A-C-E-S-H-I-P.

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What it means: A vehicle designed to travel beyond Earth.

In a sentence: The spaceship soared through the starry night sky.

Same family: spaceships, spaceship’s, spacecraft, spacesuit, spaceship-themed. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “spaceship” is a modern compound of “space” and “ship,” first popularized in early 20th‑century science fiction to describe a vessel that sails through outer space, like a ship sails on the sea.

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