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runway definition

☆ run·way (run′wā′)

noun

a way, as a channel, track, chute, groove, trough, etc., in, on, or along which something runs, or moves; specif.,
  1. the channel or bed of a stream
  2. a strip of leveled, usually paved ground, for use by airplanes in taking off and landing
  3. a track or ramp for wheeled vehicles
  4. a beaten path made by deer, etc.
  5. a narrow platform extending from a stage out into the audience

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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