Definition of 'dirigible'
noun
2. another name for airship
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adjective
1.
that can be directed or steered
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The dirigible came down at a cargo depot at the south end of town, and Shevek set off into the streets of the biggest city in the world. THE DISPOSSESSED (1974)
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