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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
Jack McDevitt

Meaning of "rocket ship" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCKET SHIP

rocket ship  [ˈrɒkɪt ʃɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCKET SHIP

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Rocket ship is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROCKET SHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rocket ship

Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle, vessel or machine designed to fly in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters space and then returns to the surface, without having gone into an orbit. For orbital spaceflights, spacecraft enter closed orbits around the Earth or around other celestial bodies. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit only, while those used for robotic space missions operate either autonomously or telerobotically. Robotic spacecraft used to support scientific research are space probes. Robotic spacecraft that remain in orbit around a planetary body are artificial satellites. Only a handful of interstellar probes, such as Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, and New Horizons, are currently on trajectories that leave our Solar System. Orbital spacecraft may be recoverable or not. By method of reentry to Earth they may be divided in non-winged space capsules and winged spaceplanes.

Definition of rocket ship in the English dictionary

The definition of rocket ship in the dictionary is a spacecraft powered by rockets.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROCKET SHIP


championship
ˈtʃæmpɪənˌʃɪp
chip
tʃɪp
citizenship
ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp
dealership
ˈdiːləʃɪp
entrepreneurship
ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜːʃɪp
fellowship
ˈfɛləʊˌʃɪp
flagship
ˈflæɡˌʃɪp
friendship
ˈfrendʃɪp
internship
ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp
leadership
ˈliːdəʃɪp
membership
ˈmɛmbəˌʃɪp
ownership
ˈəʊnəʃɪp
partnership
ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp
relationship
rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp
scholarship
ˈskɒləʃɪp
ship
ʃɪp
sponsorship
ˈspɒnsəʃɪp
township
ˈtaʊnʃɪp
workmanship
ˈwɜːkmənʃɪp
worship
ˈwɜːʃɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCKET SHIP

rockery
rocket
rocket attack
rocket base
rocket engine
rocket fuel
rocket gun
rocket launcher
rocket motor
rocket plane
rocket propulsion
rocket range
rocket research
rocket science
rocket scientist
rocket technology
rocket-propelled
rocketeer
rocketer
rocketry

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCKET SHIP

abandon ship
capital ship
cargo ship
container ship
craftsmanship
dress ship
free alongside ship
hospital ship
jump ship
liberty ship
mother ship
motor ship
passenger ship
pirate ship
sailing ship
slave ship
supply ship
survey ship
tall ship
training ship
whaling ship

Synonyms and antonyms of rocket ship in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rocket ship» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCKET SHIP

Find out the translation of rocket ship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rocket ship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rocket ship» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火箭船
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cohete
570 millions of speakers

English

rocket ship
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रॉकेट जहाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفينة الصواريخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ракетный корабль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foguete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রকেট জাহাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fusée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kapal roket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rakete
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロケット船
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우주선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roket kapal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu tên lửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராக்கெட் கப்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉकेट जहाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

roket gemisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

razzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rocket
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ракетний корабель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rachetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πύραυλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuurpyl skip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

raketen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rakett skipet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rocket ship

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKET SHIP»

The term «rocket ship» is regularly used and occupies the 95.351 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKET SHIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rocket ship

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4 QUOTES WITH «ROCKET SHIP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rocket ship.
1
Chris Hadfield
For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.
2
Gregory Harrison
Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship.
3
Jon Heder
Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!
4
Jack McDevitt
My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCKET SHIP»

Discover the use of rocket ship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rocket ship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rocket Ship Galileo
Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for the moon in spite of mysterious setbacks.
Robert A. Heinlein, 2002
2
Rocket Ship Shapes
What is a rocket ship? For ordering information, call Toll-Free 1-877-236-2465 or visit our Web site at www.benchmarkeducation.com. Level F/9 Word Count: 202* A boy named Jake meets his new neighbor Tommy. Tommy suggests they build ...
Lynne Anderson, 2011
3
The Noddy Builds a Rocket Ship
Continuing this delightful series of Noddy books, based on the ever popular series on channel Five, Noddy is back with four brand new titles. It's up, up and away for Noddy and Master Tubby Bear.
Enid Blyton, 2008
4
Missy Mouse and the Rocket Ship
They were building a rocket ship, and right now, they needed some more parts. For Percy, the rocket ship was just a toy, something to have fun building on a warm afternoon. But for Missy Mouse, the rocket ship was real. Someday, she was ...
Claudia Carroll, 2008
5
Space Technology
The cannon now represents the mass structure of a very unusual "rocket ship," and the cannonball represents the total mass of the combustion gases ejected to space through the nozzle of our unusual "rocket ship." The explosive charge ...
Joseph A. Angelo, 2003
6
Napkin Origami: 25 Creative and Fun Ideas for Napkin Folding
... suggest the moon, or place the napkin directly on a black placemat or tablecloth, representing the night sky. Finish by scattering a few assorted stars around. *&* SIMPLE MODELS Ice Cream Cone RICK BEECH This design. 33 Rocket Ship.
Brian Sawyer, 2008
7
St Viper's School for Super Villains. the Riotous Rocket ...
Fantasy series for 7+ readers. The series is set in St Viper's School where it's good to be bad. And World Domination is lesson one. Demon Kid wants to be the best super villain at St Viper's but he's in for a fight.
Kim Donovan, 2012
8
Paper Galaxy: Out-of-This-World Projects to Cut, Fold and Paste
Take this Rocket Ship to the Moon, stop for iunch, and then continue to Mars. 1. Refer to the General Instructions section of the book for copying patterns, and copy the patterns to your chosen papers. To make the base, you need one copy of ...
M. D. Prins, 2007
9
Popular Science
... five-ton rocket ship in which they hope to reach the moon in two days. Already they have experimented with small model rockets which are reported to have reached altitudes of several miles, returning to earth by means of parachutes which ...
10
Flash MX 2004 Savvy
Select frame 30 in the rocket ship layer and choose Insert -> Timeline -> Keyframe. Remember you left the first keyframe in the flames layer blank when you were creating the rocket ship Movie Clip? Well, here is where that amazing foresight ...
Ethan Watrall, Norbert Herber, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCKET SHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rocket ship is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SpaceX Does a Reality Check on Its Falcon 9 Rocket Landing Plan
6, when SpaceX sends a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket and its uncrewed Dragon ... Although suborbital rocket ships have been known to blast off and land again in ... «NBCNews.com, Dec 14»
2
Israel Navy intercepts Gaza-bound Iranian rocket ship near Port Sudan
Iran reportedly flew the rockets from Syria to an Iranian airfield, trucked them to the seaport of Bander Abbas, and shipped them to Iraq, where they were hidden ... «Jerusalem Post, Mar 14»

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