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spacewreck

spacewreck noun: the wreckage of a spacecraft.

Noun

spacewreck (plural spacewrecks)

  1. The wreckage of a spacecraft.
    • Our voyage in search of spacewrecks will take us across the major orbital routes, coasting along the space lanes.1989, Richard Maurer, Junk in Space, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, page 13

Forms of spacewreck

pluralspacewrecks
alternative formspace wreck

Origin of spacewreck

Compound of space + wreck.

Questions about spacewreck

What does spacewreck mean?
Spacewreck means the wreckage of a spacecraft.
What part of speech is spacewreck?
Spacewreck is a noun.
What is the plural of spacewreck?
The plural of spacewreck is spacewrecks.

Words near spacewreck in the dictionary

  1. spacewise
  2. spacewoman
  3. spacewomen
  4. spaceworthiness
  5. spaceworthy
  6. spacewreck
  7. spacewrecked
  8. spacewrecks
  9. SpaceXer
  10. SpaceXers
  11. spacey

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