What does "aerodrome" mean?
An airfield
Aerodrome
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An airfield
- Grammar: aerodrome is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: airport, airdrome, airfield, airfield term.
- Usage evidence: The aeroplane to Dunedin left the aerodrome promptly at eight in the morning.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An airfield
"As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes."
- 2 an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo wordnet
- 3 An airfield:; Any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities. Australia, Canada
- 4 An airfield:; An airfield used for managed aircraft operation, either military or civilian, having such facilities as are necessary for operation.
"Any person authorised by the Governor shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to any aerodrome other than a Royal Air Force aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting the aerodrome,[…]."
- 5 An airfield:; An airfield equipped with air traffic control facilities and hangars as well as accommodation for passengers and cargo; an airport. British
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- 6 A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly. obsolete
"1908 June 8, Nikola Tesla, Little Aeroplane Progress: So Says Nikola Tesla-But He Is Working on One of His Own, letter to The New York Times, Page 6, The Langley and Maxim aerodromes, which did not soar, were in my opinion better pieces of mechanism than their very latest imitations."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The aeroplane to Dunedin left the aerodrome promptly at eight in the morning."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "aerodrome"?
Common synonyms include: airport, airdrome, airfield, airfield term, airport term, airstrip.
How do you use "aerodrome" in a sentence?
The aeroplane to Dunedin left the aerodrome promptly at eight in the morning.
Etymology
* (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley in 1897, from Ancient Greek ἀεροδρόμος (aerodrómos, “traversing the air”). * (airfield): In the sense of “airfield”, from aero- + -drome, a suffix formed in analogy with hippodrome (“horse racecourse”), from Ancient Greek.