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Marsbound

Marsbound adjective: heading towards the planet Mars.

Adjective

Marsbound (not comparable)

  1. Heading towards the planet Mars.
    • Average Size had probably been boasting, telling everyone how lucky he was to be on the passenger list of the next Marsbound rocket.1962, Frank Belknap Long, Mars is My Destination, New York: Pyramid Books, page 7
    • I was hoping to see the Earth, but I figured it must be on the other side of the ship or behind us. I pressed my nose against the port and saw the tiny flicker of a spaceliner taking off, Marsbound, I wished I was on that one!1968, William Tenn, The Square Root of Man, New York: Ballantine Books, page 148

Forms of Marsbound

alternative formMars-bound
alternative formMars bound

Origin of Marsbound

From Mars + -bound.

Questions about Marsbound

What does Marsbound mean?
Marsbound means heading towards the planet Mars.
What part of speech is Marsbound?
Marsbound is an adjective.

Words near Marsbound in the dictionary

  1. Marsalis
  2. Marsalises
  3. Marsapeague
  4. Marsaxlokk
  5. Marsay
  6. Marsbound
  7. Marscape
  8. Marscapes
  9. marscapone
  10. Marsch
  11. Marschke

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