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runway

DEFINITIONS OF: runway

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

Type of:
paved surface
a level horizontal surface covered with paving material

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

Type of:
platform
a raised horizontal surface

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

Synonyms:
rail, rails, track
Types:
third rail
a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive
Type of:
bar
a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

n a chute down which logs can slide

Type of:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
sloping channel through which things can descend
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