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shuttlebay

shuttlebay noun: a part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.

Noun

shuttlebay (plural shuttlebays)

  1. A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
    • SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;1978, Roger Garrett, The Complete Star Ship: A Simulation Project, Dilithium Press, page 99
    • […] human shapes could be seen using floaters to shift containers from building to shuttlebay and vice versa.1980, Alan Dean Foster, Cachalot, Ballantine Books, page 31

Forms of shuttlebay

pluralshuttlebays

Origin of shuttlebay

From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

Questions about shuttlebay

What does shuttlebay mean?
Shuttlebay means a part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.
What part of speech is shuttlebay?
Shuttlebay is a noun.
What is the plural of shuttlebay?
The plural of shuttlebay is shuttlebays.

Words near shuttlebay in the dictionary

  1. shuttle vectors
  2. shuttle-box
  3. shuttle-boxes
  4. shuttle-driver
  5. shuttle-drivers
  6. shuttlebay
  7. shuttlebays
  8. shuttlebox
  9. shuttleboxes
  10. shuttlebus
  11. shuttlebuses

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