airstrip
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌstrɪp/
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pista de aterrizaje
- She watched the small plane take off from the airstrip just outside the village.
- build an airstrip
- building an airstrip
- a military airstrip
So we're going to fly in to objective Rhino, which is now an airstrip.
- So we're going to fly in to objective Rhino, which is now an airstrip.
- Teams in the area on the airstrip by can't tow.
Examples
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A car pulls up on an airstrip and stops next to a small jet.
Fiction book (1991) -
They're trying to find the airstrip.
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There is an airstrip 24 km away from you.
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My girlfriend lives near the airstrip.
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The airstrip hasn't been used since World War ll.
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The cargo plane comes down through them and lands on the airstrip behind the pumping station.
Fiction book (1993) -
We're driving to an airstrip in the Keys, off Nallwood Avenue.
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In the summer of 1962, a small plane touched down on the jungle airstrip at Tikal, Guatemala.
Academic text (2002) -
There is a dirt airstrip behind the trailers, and a stripped Huey helicopter sitting on blocks nearby.
Fiction book (1991) -
Information is contradictory, but it appears to indicate that an ambush took place at this remote airstrip near the Colombian border in Southern Panama.
Synonyms
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3.4
A long flat surface where planes take off and land
98
3.6
A flat area where planes take off and land
79
3.8
An area of land where planes take off and land without full airport services
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7.4
A simple airfield with few or no airport facilities
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3.5
A short, simple runway where small planes land and take off
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3.7
A flat open place where small planes arrive and take off
An area of land where small planes take off and land
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
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Etymology
Airstrip is a simple combination of air ('the sky') and strip ('a long, narrow piece', like a 'strip of land'). So an airstrip is a long, narrow piece of ground made for planes to land and take off.