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earth-ship

earth-ship is the alternative form of Earthship.

Meaning of Earthship

Noun

Earthship (plural Earthships)

  1. A solar-heated house made of natural and recycled materials, such as earth-filled tyres.
    • If you like the idea of building an Earthship, but can't, perhaps because your neighbors would hang you by your toes from a tree, or if you don't like the appearance of an Earthship but like many of its features, don't despair.2000, Daniel D. Chiras, The Natural House, page 118
  2. (poetic) The Earth, considered as a spaceship moving through space.
  3. A spaceship originating from or belonging to Earth.

Noun capitalized: Earth-ship

Earth-ship (plural Earth-ships)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Earthship.

Forms of earth-ship

pluralearth-ships
pluralEarth-ships

Questions about earth-ship

What is earth-ship the alternative form of?
Earth-ship is the alternative form of Earthship.
What part of speech is earth-ship?
Earth-ship is a noun.
What is the plural of earth-ship?
The plural of earth-ship is earth-ships.

Words near earth-ship in the dictionary

  1. Earth-pointing
  2. earth-scraper
  3. earth-scrapers
  4. earth-shattering
  5. earth-shine
  6. earth-ship
  7. earth-ships
  8. earth-side
  9. Earth-sized
  10. earth-stopper
  11. earth-stoppers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earth-ship (page history and authors); Earth-ship (page history and authors); Earthship (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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