airstream

noun

air·​stream ˈer-ˌstrēm How to pronounce airstream (audio)
: a current of air
specifically : airflow

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To keep dirt particles kicked up by the beater brush entrained in the airstream, the air needed to move fast. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2025 Stop at Silver Bean Coffee, housed in a vintage airstream, for a latte or bagel sandwich. — Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025 The video pans to an airstream on his Pacific Palisades property, which was destroyed by the devastating LA fires early last year. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 It’s made up of several rows of ranch homes, remnants of pre-SpaceX neighbors who have mostly moved out, along with clusters of storage container apartments and airstream trailers arranged on turf lawns. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for airstream

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of airstream was in 1719

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“Airstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstream. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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