speedway
A form of motorcycle racing on flat oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither…A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
» A plane landed on the speedway.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
спидве́йspidvɛ́j
(uncountable)A form of bicycle racing on flat (nonbanked) oval dirt tracks.
(countable, uncountable)A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles
A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
(countable, uncountable)A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
(countable, uncountable)A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
трекtrɛk
(US, countable, uncountable)A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
road where high speed driving is allowed
Examples
2 sentencesA plane landed on the speedway.
The most popular sports in that country are soccer, speedway and ski jumping.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From speed + way.From speed + way.
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Forms
plural: speedwaysSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable