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airsuit

airsuit noun: a space suit.

Noun

airsuit (plural airsuits)

  1. A space suit.
    • ... and in a paroxysm of fury clawed at the convict's airsuit as though he could rip the fabric apart with his bare hands.1951, Martin Greenberg (editor), Travelers of Space, Volume 7, page 122
    • Opening the forward hatch, he winched down the little platform flyer, loaded aboard a spare airsuit and spare tanks of oxygen, and without further ceremony set out for Thumbnail Gulch1964, Jack Vance, The Star King, page 130

Examples of airsuit in a sentence

  • He stopped removing his airsuit and pulled it back on again, all but the helmet, which he left lying on the ground.2013, Gordon R. Dickson, The Pritcher Mass:
  • Spacemen call it an “airsuit liner” because it is made to fit under an airsuit and is padded and reinforced at the friction points.2023, Lin Carter, Star Rogue, page 37:

Forms of airsuit

pluralairsuits

Origin of airsuit

From air + suit.

Questions about airsuit

What does airsuit mean?
Airsuit means a space suit.
How do you use airsuit in a sentence?
He stopped removing his airsuit and pulled it back on again, all but the helmet, which he left lying on the ground.
What part of speech is airsuit?
Airsuit is a noun.
What is the plural of airsuit?
The plural of airsuit is airsuits.

Words near airsuit in the dictionary

  1. airstrikes
  2. airstriking
  3. airstrip
  4. airstrips
  5. airstruck
  6. airsuit
  7. airsuits
  8. airt
  9. airtanker
  10. airtankers
  11. airtaxi

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