Runway

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strip of level, usually paved ground on which aircraft take off and land.
  • n. A path, channel, or track over which something runs.
  • n. The channel of a stream.
  • n. A chute down which logs are skidded.
  • n. A narrow track in a bowling lane on which balls are returned after they are bowled.
  • n. A smooth ramp for wheeled vehicles.
  • n. A narrow walkway extending from a stage into an auditorium.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off
  • n. a narrow platform extending from a stage on which people walk, especially used by models in fashion shows
  • n. the usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, i.e. from the forest to the stream
  • n. a stream bed
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The channel of a stream.
  • n. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The path or track over which anything runs; a passageway.
  • n. A path made by domestic animals in going to and from an accustomed place of feeding, watering, etc.
  • n. In lumbering, a trough or channel on the surface of a declivity, down which logs are slid or ruu in places more or less inaccessible to horses or oxen.
  • n. One of the ways in the casing of a window for vertically sliding sashes.
  • n. Theat., in the setting of scenery, a path or road, as upon a mountain-side or the face of a rock.
  • n. The trough by the side of a bowling-alley along which the balls are rolled back from the end.
  • n. The swinging platform leading down to a boat-house float.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a chute down which logs can slide
  • n. a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
  • n. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
  • n. a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sloping trough    chute    slide    slideway    platform    paved surface   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    channel    catwalk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    roadway    airfield    driveway    airstrip    walkway    hangar    ramp    highway    pavement    lane