Definitions of runway [ˈrʌnˌweɪ]

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Definition of 'runway'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) runway
a way along which something runs.

2.  runway
a strip on which planes land and take off.

3.  runway
the beaten track or habitual path of wild animals.

4.  runway
a fairly large enclosure in which domestic animals may range about:
a runway for dogs.

5.  runway
the bed of a stream.

6.  runway
a narrow platform or ramp extending from a stage into the orchestra pit or an aisle.

Etymology: (1825–35)

Definition of 'runway'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) track, rail, rails, runway
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

2. (noun) runway
a chute down which logs can slide

3. (noun) runway
a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

4. (noun) runway
a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

Definition of 'runway'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) runway
a long strip of pavement at an airport used by airplanes to land and take off
to taxi along the runway

2. runway
a long narrow stage that models walk along at a fashion show
fashion models on the runway

Definition of 'runway'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) runway
the channel of a stream

2. (noun) runway
the beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds

Translation of 'runway'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a wide path from which aircraft take off and on which they land The plane landed on the runway.
Afrikaans: aanloopbaan	Arabic: مَدْرَج الطّائِرَه	Bulgarian: писта
Brazilian: pista	Czech: rozjezdová, přistávací dr	German: die Rollbahn
Danish: startbane; landingsbane	Greek: διάδρομος απογείωσης, προ	Spanish: pista (de despegue/aterri
Estonian: lennurada	Farsi: باند فرودگاه	Finnish: kiitorata
French: piste (d'envol/d'atterris	Hebrew: מַסלוּל	Hindi: दौड़ पथ, धावन पथ, खांचा,
Croatian: avionska pista	Hungarian: kifutópálya; leszállópály	Indonesian: landasan pacu
Icelandic: flugbraut	Italian: pista	Japanese: 滑走路
Korean: 활주로	Lithuanian: pakilimo ir nusileidimo t	Latvian: skrejceļš
Malay: landasan	Dutch: startbaan	Norwegian: rullebane, start-/landing
Polish: pas, startowy	Persian: باند فرودگاه	Pashto: فراری،د الوتکی د ځغاستی ل
Portuguese: pista	Romanian: pistă (de decolare/de ate	Russian: взлётно-посадочная полоса
Slovak: rozjazdová / pristávacia	Slovenian: vzletno-pristajalna steza	Serbian: pista
Swedish: start-, landningsbana	Thai: ทางขึ้นลงของเครื่องบิน	Turkish: pist
Taiwanese: 飛機跑道	Ukrainian: злітно-посадкова смуга	Urdu: جہاز کے اترنے کا راستہ
Vietnamese: đường băng	Chinese: 飞机跑道
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