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shuttlebay

noun

Etymology

From shuttle + bay, the word originally appeared in Star Trek, but has since appeared in a variety of other science-fiction and fantasy contexts.

  1. derived from badia
  2. derived from baia
  3. derived from baie
  4. formed as shuttlebay — “shuttle + bay”

Definitions

  1. A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.

    • SET THE SHUTTLECRAFT'S LOCATION TO THE SHUTTLEBAY;
    • […] human shapes could be seen using floaters to shift containers from building to shuttlebay and vice versa.
    • The shuttlebay workers were gathered in front of the intranet screen, waiting for news.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA