space suit

noun

1
: a suit equipped with life supporting provisions to make life in space possible for its wearer
2
: g suit

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Munn then detailed how at that moment, her mother was blasting YouTube videos, her stepfather was running around the house trying to kill ants, Mulaney was cleaning up a rat that had been run over in front of their house, and their 3-year-old son was in a space suit, peeing off the balcony. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025 Unfortunately, Malkovich thrusting in a metallic space suit may indeed be the sole takeaway of this attempt at a social thriller. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025 My heavy yellow space suit, protecting me from the near-vacuum at the edge of space, was claustrophobic, cumbersome and uncomfortable. Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Finally, the ship launched into the sky shooting sparks and revealing the Weezer crew, all standing under the vessel, donning black jumpers decorated like space suits. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for space suit

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of space suit was in 1929

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“Space suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20suit. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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space suit

noun
: a suit equipped to make life in space possible for its wearer

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