zep·pe·lin

zep·pe·lin
/ˈzɛpələn/ noun, pl -lins [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 — compare airship, blimp, hot-air balloon

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  • zep|pe|lin — or zep|pe|lin «ZEHP uh luhn, ZEHP luhn; German TSEHP uh LEEN», noun. a large airship shaped like a cigar with pointed ends. It has a rigid frame of light metal within which are separate compartments filled with gas. The engines and freight or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Zep|pe|lin — or zep|pe|lin «ZEHP uh luhn, ZEHP luhn; German TSEHP uh LEEN», noun. a large airship shaped like a cigar with pointed ends. It has a rigid frame of light metal within which are separate compartments filled with gas. The engines and freight or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • zep — zep; zep·pe·lin; zep·po·le; zep·po·li; …   English syllables

  • lin — ace·tyl·cho·lin·esterase; ac glob·u·lin; Adren·a·lin; al·ka·lin·i·ty; al·ka·lin·i·za·tion; al·ka·lin·ize; al·lin·eate; al·lin·eation; amy·e·lin·ic; amyg·da·lin; anas·pa·lin; ani·lin·gus; an·i·lin·ism; an·thra·lin; an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase;… …   English syllables

  • zeppelin — zep·pe·lin …   English syllables

  • Zeppelin,Count Ferdinand von — Zep·pe·lin (zĕpʹə lĭn, zĕpʹlĭn, tsĕp ə lēnʹ), Count Ferdinand von. 1838 1917. German inventor who designed and manufactured the first motorized, rigid frame dirigible balloon (1900). * * * …   Universalium

  • zeppelin — zep|pe|lin [ˈzepəlın] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838 1917), German soldier who invented it] a German ↑airship used in World War I …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • zeppelin — zep|pe|lin [ zep(ə)lın ] noun count an old fashioned type of AIRSHIP …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • zeppelin — /zep euh lin/, n. 1. (often cap.) a large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc. 2. any rigid… …   Universalium

  • zèppelin — zèp|pe|lin Mot Esdrúixol Nom masculí …   Diccionari Català-Català

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