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RUNWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does runway mean? 

RUNWAY (noun)
  The noun RUNWAY has 4 senses:

1. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can rollplay

2. a chute down which logs can slideplay

3. a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.play

4. a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and landplay

  Familiarity information: RUNWAY used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUNWAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rail; rails; runway; track

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

bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon)

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

third rail (a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive)

Holonyms ("runway" is a part of...):

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

streetcar track; tramline; tramway (the track on which trams or streetcars run)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A chute down which logs can slide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough (sloping channel through which things can descend)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

platform (a raised horizontal surface)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

paved surface (a level horizontal surface covered with paving material)

Holonyms ("runway" is a part of...):

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

airstrip; flight strip; landing strip; strip (an airfield without normal airport facilities)


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