Runway
['rʌnweɪ] or ['rʌnwe]
Definition
(noun.) a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land.
(noun.) a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc..
(noun.) a chute down which logs can slide.
Editor: Priscilla--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The channel of a stream.
(n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Typist: Silvia
Examples
- Tal Hajus arose, and I, half fearing, half anticipating his intentions, hurried to the winding runway which led to the floors below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The complete, wrapped packages of five slabs slide along a little runway into boxes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then I started through the station and down the runway to the train. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Tan Gama left his short-sword in the Thark's cell, explained the first speaker, and left us at the runway, to return and get it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Tis even what I myself thought when Tan Gama left us at the runway, said another. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Preston