Runway - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrʌnweɪ|  American pronunciation of the word runway
Brit.  |ˈrʌnweɪ|  British pronunciation of the word runway

noun

- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll (syn: rail, track)
- a chute down which logs can slide
- a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
- a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

Extra examples

The plane landed on the runway.

The pilot was able to land the plane on the runway.

The winner of the beauty pageant walked down the runway wearing her sparkling crown.

The airplane coasted down the runway.

The plane taxied slowly to the runway.

The pilot taxied out to the runway.

The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.

The plane accelerated down the runway.

The models paraded up and down the runway.

The plane overran the runway.

The plane overshot the runway.

They set up flares along the runway.

The aircraft overshot the runway.

The airplane landed short of the runway.

The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway.

Word forms

noun
singular: runway
plural: runways
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