Word Study
airfield
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun airfield has 1 sense
- airfield(n = noun.artifact) field, flying field, landing field - a place where planes take off and land; Array has particulars: aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome, airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip, auxiliary airfield
has parts: apron, runway, taxi strip, taxiway, flight line
is a kind of facility, installation
is a part of transit, transportation, transportation system
CIDE DICTIONARY
airfield, n.
a place where planes take off and land; an airport; -- usually used of airports other than those with regularly sheduled commercial flights, such as those at military bases or small fields for private aircraft. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
airfield, n. an area of land where aircraft take off and land, are maintained, etc.
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