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airway
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun airway has 4 senses
- airway(n = noun.artifact) air duct, air passage - a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines); Array is a kind of duct
- airway(n = noun.location) air lane, flight path, skyway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another; Array has particulars: approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope, holding pattern
- airway(n = noun.body) respiratory tract - the passages through which air enters and leaves the body; Array is a part of respiratory system, systema respiratorium
- airway(n = noun.artifact) airline, airline business - a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; Array is a kind of line
has particulars: register, breather, schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather, upcast, ventilation shaft
has parts: blowhole, vent, vent-hole, venthole
is a kind of itinerary, path, route
has particulars: lower respiratory tract, upper respiratory tract
is a kind of tract
has parts: fleet
OXFORD DICTIONARY
airway, n.
1 a a recognized route followed by aircraft. b (often in pl.) = AIRLINE.
2 a ventilating passage in a mine.
1 a a recognized route followed by aircraft. b (often in pl.) = AIRLINE.
2 a ventilating passage in a mine.
THESAURUS
airway
air duct, air hole, air lane, air line, air passage, air route, air shaft, air tube, blowhole, breathing hole, corridor, lane, louver, louverwork, naris, nostril, path, shaft, spilehole, spiracle, touchhole, transom, vent, ventage, venthole, ventiduct, ventilating shaft, ventilator, wind tunnel
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