aerodrome

[ air-uh-drohm ]
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nounChiefly British.

Origin of aerodrome

1
First recorded in 1905–10; aero- + -drome

Words Nearby aerodrome

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How to use aerodrome in a sentence

  • The first time I saw him was at the aerodrome at Estre Blanche.

  • There arrived one day at the aerodrome a large packing-case addressed "Sergeant Tam."

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace
  • But apparently Fritz had overshot the aerodrome, for the next explosion came a mile to the west.

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace
  • One of you fellows drop a note over their aerodrome and ask them what the dickens they mean by it.

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace
  • This gear meshes with one of 35 teeth upon a shaft at right angles to the main shaft and parallel to the axis of the aerodrome.

    Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II | S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly

British Dictionary definitions for aerodrome

aerodrome

US airdrome (ˈɛəˌdrəʊm)

/ (ˈɛərəˌdrəʊm) /


noun
  1. a landing area, esp for private aircraft, that is usually smaller than an airport

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