Starcraft
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈstɑrkræft/
- In the film, the crew boards their starcraft to travel across the galaxy in search of new life.
- entering the starcraft
Examples
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And as good a pilot as she is, hovering is difficult in a starcraft seventy meters long.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I've asked for more starcraft and shuttles to help with the evacuation effort.
Fiction book (2000) -
" Except that this starcraft is under 2.5 kilometers of water.
Fiction book (2002) -
"We're in a starcraft three kilometers long, and I find you in the third room I encounter.
Fiction book (2002) -
" We have to find out if this starcraft has more lifepods."
Fiction book (2002) -
Avery said, "This is a hospital starcraft, after all."
Fiction book (2002) -
The first threats from the Drodusarel starcraft came hours later.
Fiction book (2000) -
The hospital starcraft had dredged a huge trench in the ocean floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
By the time the hospital starcraft burst onto Splendor's dayside, it was in trouble.
Fiction book (2002) -
Chanda scanned toward the pathway the starcraft had dredged in the ocean floor.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
155
4.3
A vehicle that carries people between planets or stars, often in stories
135
4.2
A vehicle that travels in outer space
127
6.8
A large spacecraft that carries people between stars
1
8.4
A large machine like a ship that travels between galaxies in science fiction
How Big
- Specialized
15
4.8
1
9.5
- Specialized
28
7.4
∞
1.0
87
3.0
- Specialized
211
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Starcraft combines star ('a bright object in the sky') and craft ('a vehicle', as in aircraft), so it means a vehicle for traveling between stars.