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star-gate

star-gate is the alternative form of stargate.

Meaning of stargate

Noun

stargate (plural stargates)

  1. (neologism) A hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.
    • A "stargate" will appear at the top of the screen, at this point, and you must guide your lander back through the asteroid belt in order to reach it. When your lander touches the stargate the survivor will be safe.1983, Pat W. Norris, Lander (instructions in video game)

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Forms of star-gate

pluralstar-gates

Questions about star-gate

What is star-gate the alternative form of?
Star-gate is the alternative form of stargate.

Words near star-gate in the dictionary

  1. star-fish
  2. star-fishes
  3. star-forming
  4. star-fucker
  5. star-fuckers
  6. star-gate
  7. star-gates
  8. star-maker
  9. star-makers
  10. star-map
  11. star-maps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: star-gate (page history and authors); stargate (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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