spacewreck

English

Alternative forms

• space wreck

Etymology

Compound of space +‎ wreck.

Noun

spacewreck (plural spacewrecks)

1. The wreckage of a spacecraft.
   • 1989, Richard Maurer, Junk in Space, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:

     Our voyage in search of spacewrecks will take us across the major orbital routes, coasting along the space lanes.

Related terms

• spacewrecked

 

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “spacewreck, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.