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DIRIGIBLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A steerable self-propelled aircraft
Synonyms:
airship; dirigible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dirigible" is a kind of...):
lighter-than-air craft (aircraft supported by its own buoyancy)
Meronyms (parts of "dirigible"):
car; gondola (the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dirigible"):
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 hyponyms:
Graf Zeppelin; zeppelin (a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs)
Derivation:
dirigible (capable of being steered or directed)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being steered or directed
Synonyms:
dirigible; steerable
Classified under:
Similar:
manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)
Derivation:
dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)
