starship
noun
star·ship ˈstär-ˌship 
: a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Seeking revenge, Kirk pushes the Enterprise to pursue the Gorn starship and destroy it. 
Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2022 In 2009, Saldana portrayed Uhura in a big-screen Star Trek reboot, and she's gone on to play the starship Enterprise communications officer in two follow-ups, with a fourth installment expected to come. Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022 Into the Dark by Claudia Gray, Geode is the navigator of the starship called The Vessel that is piloted by eccentric captain Leox Gyasi and co-pilot Affie Holow. David Bressan, Forbes, 4 May 2021 This was an excellent Vader sequence, as before this, Vader catches a starship, pulls it down, and wrenches it open, showing the sheer force of his power at this point. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 June 2022 In this deep-space adventure, 13-year-old Petra wakes on a starship after centuries in stasis to find her family gone and ruthless egalitarians in command. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021 In the continuing story of Starcruiser stays, the First Order has become suspicious of activity on the starship. Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021 The space had the distinct air of the bridge of the starship Enterprise, except with only a couple of staffers and Javie aboard. New York Times, 20 May 2022 What does every starship trying to establish a beachhead on an alien planet need? Tom Shippey, WSJ, 13 May 2022 See More
Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2022 In 2009, Saldana portrayed Uhura in a big-screen Star Trek reboot, and she's gone on to play the starship Enterprise communications officer in two follow-ups, with a fourth installment expected to come. Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022 Into the Dark by Claudia Gray, Geode is the navigator of the starship called The Vessel that is piloted by eccentric captain Leox Gyasi and co-pilot Affie Holow. David Bressan, Forbes, 4 May 2021 This was an excellent Vader sequence, as before this, Vader catches a starship, pulls it down, and wrenches it open, showing the sheer force of his power at this point. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 June 2022 In this deep-space adventure, 13-year-old Petra wakes on a starship after centuries in stasis to find her family gone and ruthless egalitarians in command. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021 In the continuing story of Starcruiser stays, the First Order has become suspicious of activity on the starship. Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021 The space had the distinct air of the bridge of the starship Enterprise, except with only a couple of staffers and Javie aboard. New York Times, 20 May 2022 What does every starship trying to establish a beachhead on an alien planet need? Tom Shippey, WSJ, 13 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above