Meaning

2 senses
  1. A course over which races are run.

    Rennstrecke

    бегова́я доро́жкаbegovája doróžka, трекtrɛk

    a course over which races are run

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)A racetrack where horse races are run.

    Rennbahn, Pferderennbahn

    скаково́й кругskakovój krug, ипподро́мippodróm

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The racecourse was set in a valley, about a mile from the town centre.

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  2. We visited the hippodrome. We visited the horse racecourse.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a course over which races are run:
(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a course over which races are run:
(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run:

Origin

From race + course.

From race + course.

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Forms

plural: racecourses
Singularracecourse
Pluralracecourses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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