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[ ruhn-wey ] / ˈrʌnˌweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR runway ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna way along which something runs. 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. Bowling. approach (def. 17b). a narrow platform or ramp extending from a stage into the orchestra pit or into an aisle, as in a theater. Origin of runwayAn Americanism dating back to 1825–35; run + way1 Words nearby runwayrun to earth, run to form, run to seed, runty, runup, runway, run wild, run with, Runyon, RUOK, rupee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for runwayAs they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST I walked across the runway to the large hangar we were housed in. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Twice in the past two weeks, this has entailed meeting a plane on the runway to retriever sick passengers who may be infected. Ebola Panic Is Worse Than the Disease|Abby Haglage|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST That was when I started getting couture, kind of from the other side of the runway. Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture|Anthony Haden-Guest|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Trying to do it in a reusable rocket, landing on a runway, that system has a very bad track record. Sky Wars: Richard Branson’s Rival in the Great Space Race|Tom Sykes|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The low purr of a motor behind him announced the arrival of a tractor to tow the ship off the runway. Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino He sets no more snares across that runway, for the rabbits have had their alarm. The Story of the Trapper|A. C. Laut The runway or yard should be as large as our purse will permit. Outdoor Sports and Games|Claude H. Miller Those steers just naturally follow along on up that runway and into the killing pens. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer Bowers and his helpers were crowding the sheep up the runway into the last car when Kate rode up. The Fighting Shepherdess |Caroline Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for runway
nouna hard level roadway or other surface from which aircraft take off and on which they land an enclosure for domestic animals; run forestry, US and Canadian a chute for sliding logs down a narrow ramp extending from the stage into the audience in a theatre, nightclub, etc, esp as used by models in a fashion show Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to runwayramp, platform, path, road, airstrip, tarmac, strip, groove, channel, passageway |