runway

1. 1.

   a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

   Synonymstrackrailrails

   Broaderbar

   Narrowerthird rail

   Part ofrailroad tracktramline
2. 2.

   a chute down which logs can slide

   Broaderchute
3. 3.

   a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

   Broaderplatform
4. 4.

   a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

   Broaderpaved surface

   Part ofairfieldairstrip

Other forms of runway

plural

runways·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about runway

What does runway mean?

runway means "a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in runway?

runway has 2 syllables: run-way. The stress falls on "run". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌnˌweɪ/.

What is another word for runway?

Close synonyms include track, rail, rails. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is runway a common word?

runway is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with runway?

55 words rhyme with runway. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.