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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun runway has 4 senses
- runway(n = noun.artifact) rail, rails, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll; Array is a kind of bar
- runway(n = noun.artifact) Array - a chute down which logs can slide; Array is a kind of chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
- runway(n = noun.artifact) Array - a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.; Array is a kind of platform
- runway(n = noun.artifact) Array - a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land; Array is a part of airfield, field, flying field, landing field, airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip
is a part of railroad, railroad track, railway, streetcar track, tramline, tramway
has particulars: third rail
is a kind of paved surface
CIDE DICTIONARY
runway, n.
- The channel of a stream. [1913 Webster]
- The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
runway, n.
1 a specially prepared surface along which aircraft take off and land.
2 a trail to an animals' watering-place.
3 an incline down which logs are slid.
4 a raised gangway in a theatre, fashion display, etc.
1 a specially prepared surface along which aircraft take off and land.
2 a trail to an animals' watering-place.
3 an incline down which logs are slid.
4 a raised gangway in a theatre, fashion display, etc.
THESAURUS
runway
airstrip, alameda, apron, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, boardwalk, bridle path, catwalk, clearway, esplanade, fairway, fastwalk, flight deck, foot pavement, footpath, footway, garden path, groove, hiking trail, landing deck, landing strip, mall, parade, path, pathway, prado, promenade, public walk, run, rut, sidewalk, strip, towing path, towpath, track, trail, trottoir, walk, walkwayROGET THESAURUS
runway
Arrival
N arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.Departure
N departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport, departing, valedictory, outward bound, whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move, Int, begone!, farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen!, au plaisir de vous revoir!, bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise!, vive valeque!.
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