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Earthship
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English
Alternative forms
science fiction, architecture sense en earthship Earth ship
poetic sense en earth-ship Earth-ship
Etymology
en Earth ship. In the architectural sense, en Michael E. Reynolds American architect 1.
Noun
en architecture A solar-heated house made of natural and recycled materials, such as earth-filled tyres.
en 2000 Daniel D. Chiras The Natural House 118 If you like the idea of building an Earthship, but can't, perhaps because your neighbors would hang you by your toes from a tree, or if you don't like the appearance of an Earthship but like many of its features, don't despair.
en 2011 Eric Corey Freed Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies 191 In 1969, Reynolds moved to Taos, New Mexico, where he began building homes out of the junk he could find lying around. He continues to live today in an Earthship community he founded in the outskirts of Taos.
en poetic The Earth, considered as a spaceship moving through space.
en scifi A spaceship originating from or belonging to Earth.
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