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BNC: 22845 COCA: 21645

zeppelin

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zeppelin /ˈzɛpələn/ noun
plural zeppelins
zeppelin
/ˈzɛpələn/
noun
plural zeppelins
Learner's definition of ZEPPELIN
[count]
: a large aircraft without wings that floats because it is filled with gas and that has a rigid frame inside its body to help it keep its shape齐柏林飞艇 compare airship, blimp, hot-air balloon
BNC: 22845 COCA: 21645

zeppelin

noun

zep·​pe·​lin ˈze-p(ə-)lən How to pronounce zeppelin (audio)
: a rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells
broadly : airship

Illustration of zeppelin

Illustration of zeppelin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Beginning in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the zeppelin traveled to Friedrichshafen to Tokyo to Los Angeles and then finally back to Lakehurst. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who grew up on the lake, invented the zeppelin and started building airships in Friedrichshafen in the late 1890s. Diane Daniel, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 In other words: looming stock market blowups resembling the infamous German zeppelin that crashed in New Jersey in 1937. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 25 June 2021 Though the zeppelin held the advantage in terms of safety, passenger satisfaction and reliability over long distances, the airplane enjoyed the benefit of sheer quantity, with the United States producing 3,010 civilian aircraft in 1936 alone. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2020 Why did zeppelins use hydrogen instead of helium, the American airship gas of choice? Keith O’brien, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020 One of the highlights of the film takes place in the German zeppelin airship. Susan King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020 Now scientists and others are starting to look at zeppelins as something more than hovering billboards like the Goodyear Blimp. April White, Smithsonian, 22 Nov. 2019 The age of huge, ocean-crossing zeppelins came to an end in 1937, when the Hindenburg — the largest craft of its type ever built — erupted in flames while landing in New Jersey. NBC News, 19 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of zeppelin was in 1908
BNC: 22845 COCA: 21645

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