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RUNWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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 3
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 4
Meaning:
A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
