There was an airstrip across the road decades ago, but few planes ever landed there.
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Airstrip
//ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp//
Synonyms for "airstrip" (8 found)
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Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
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22 translations across 16 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 簡便機場 /简便机场 noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- 飛機跑道 /飞机跑道 noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Danish
1 entries- landingsbane noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Finnish
2 entries- korpikenttä noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- lentopaikka noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
French
1 entries- piste d’atterrissage noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
German
1 entries- Landepiste noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Indonesian
2 entries- bandar udara perintis noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- landasan udara noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Irish
1 entries- aerstiall noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Italian
1 entries- pista di atterraggio noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Latin
1 entries- aeroportello noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- flystripe noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- flystripe noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Polish
1 entries- pas startowy noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Portuguese
1 entries- pista de pouso noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Spanish
1 entries- pista de aterrizaje noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Swedish
3 entries- flygfält noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- flygplats noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- landningsbana noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Welsh
2 entries- glanfa noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
- llain lanio noun (primitive aircraft landing field)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The report says another airstrip could be ready by the end of this year.
Source: tatoeba (9700757)
The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.
Source: wiktionary
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