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AIRSTRIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does airstrip mean? 

AIRSTRIP (noun)
  The noun AIRSTRIP has 1 sense:

1. an airfield without normal airport facilitiesplay

  Familiarity information: AIRSTRIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIRSTRIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An airfield without normal airport facilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

airstrip; flight strip; landing strip; strip

Hypernyms ("airstrip" is a kind of...):

airfield; field; flying field; landing field (a place where planes take off and land)

Meronyms (parts of "airstrip"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "airstrip"):

flare path (an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing)


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