"Earthship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Earthships [plural]
Etymology: Compound of Earth + ship. In the architectural sense, coined by American architect Michael E. Reynolds. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|Earth|ship}} Compound of Earth + ship, {{coinage|en|Michael E. Reynolds|nat=American|nocap=1|occ=architect}} coined by American architect Michael E. Reynolds Head templates: {{en-noun}} Earthship (plural Earthships)
  1. (architecture) A solar-heated house made of natural and recycled materials, such as earth-filled tyres. Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: Earth ship, Earth-ship Synonyms (architecture sense): earthship [science-fiction, literature, publishing, media]
    Sense id: en-Earthship-en-noun-yjGGocpz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 7 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 6 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 3 28 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'architecture sense': 100 0 0
  2. (poetic) The Earth, considered as a spaceship moving through space. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-Earthship-en-noun-H9Dt4Hud
  3. (science fiction) A spaceship originating from or belonging to Earth. Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-Earthship-en-noun-~t8F1EMe Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (poetic sense): earth-ship
Disambiguation of 'poetic sense': 46 54 0

Inflected forms

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