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- Dictionaryrunway/ˈrʌnweɪ/
noun
- 1. a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land: "the jet braked hard as its wheels touched the runway"
- 2. North American term for catwalk
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a long, level piece of ground with a specially prepared smooth, hard surface on which aircraft take off and land. Synonyms. airstrip. landing strip. Peter Muller/Cultura/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Air travel: airports & landing strips. aerodrome. air bridge. air terminal. airbridge. airfield. bag drop. carousel.
1. a. : a beaten path made by animals. b. : a passageway for animals. 2. : a paved strip of ground on a landing field for the landing and takeoff of aircraft. 3. a. : a narrow platform from a stage into an auditorium. b. : a platform along which models walk in a fashion show. 4. : run sense 10b. 5.
RUNWAY meaning: 1. a long, level piece of ground with a specially prepared smooth, hard surface on which aircraft…. Learn more.
noun. 1. a hard level roadway or other surface from which aircraft take off and on which they land.
a paved or cleared strip on which planes land and take off. a similar strip on which cars, trucks, or the like may park, load, or enter the stream of traffic. the beaten track or habitual path of deer or other wild animals. a fairly large enclosure in which domestic animals may range about: a runway for dogs. the bed of a stream.
Definition of runway noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A runway could be for an airplane or a fashion model. It’s the strip of land a plane uses to take off and land on, or a narrow platform that a model uses to show off the latest fashions.
