Meaning

5 senses
  1. An airfield.

  2. An airfield.

    (Australia, Canada)Any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities.

  3. An airfield used for managed aircraft operation, either military or civilian, having such facilities as are necessary for operation.

  4. (UK)An airfield equipped with air traffic control facilities and hangars as well as accommodation for passengers and cargo; an airport.

    an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

  5. (obsolete)A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The aeroplane to Dunedin left the aerodrome promptly at eight in the morning.

    ruСамолёт до Данидина покинул аэропорт в восемь часов утра. — Hellerick

Translations

9 languages
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Forms

plural: aerodromes
Singularaerodrome
Pluralaerodromes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo:airportairdromedrome

Word family

16 related words

See also

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