Racecourse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A course over which races are run.

    "At one point they made a racecourse around the Sepulchre and some, almost in a state of nudity, danced about with frantic gestures, yelling and screaming as if possessed,"

  2. 2
    a course over which races are run wordnet
  3. 3
    A racetrack where horse races are run. Australia, British

    "By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...]."

Synonyms

All synonyms
racetrackarchery groundathletic fieldbadminton courtbaseball fieldbasketball court

Example

More examples

"The racecourse was set in a valley, about a mile from the town centre."

Etymology

From race + course.

Related phrases

horse race

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