From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrunwayrun‧way /ˈrʌnweɪ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 TTAa long specially prepared hard surface like a road on which aircraft land and take off2 American EnglishAPT a long narrow part of a stage that stretches out into the area where the audience sits SYN catwalk British English
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runway• A bird sitting on a runway can only detect an increase in sound when the plane is just 600 to 800m away.• Home territory is the disused runway at the Dalton Barracks in Abingdon.• Edwards had a dream in which many of his friends and relatives were blocking the path down the triple-jump runway.• Without a moment's hesitation Stirling's jeep headed for the runway, the fighting formation behind him.• It was this, unfinished, runway that I landed on. 