Airdrome
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities.
"They landed at the airdrome."
- 2 an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo wordnet
Example
More examples"Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China."
Etymology
Alteration of aerodrome; by surface analysis, air + -drome.
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