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View synonyms for airport

airport

1

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

  1. a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.


airport

2

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.

airport

/ ˈɛəˌpɔːt /

noun

  1. a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities


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Word History and Origins

Origin of airport1

1915–20; air 1 + port 1, on the model of seaport

Origin of airport2

First recorded in 1780–90; air 1 + port 4

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Example Sentences

It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.

That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.

Every wheel in the District motor pool was on the highway from the airport, shuttling in the wedding-party.

The boys waited until Ricardo Montoya had breakfasted, then rode with him to the airport.

By agreement, the countdown was to be broadcast to all aircraft over one of the airport frequencies.

I hailed a cab to the Logan Airport, changed my reservations to an earlier plane, and returned to Washington.

As he flew along toward the Newark airport, a shadow fell athwart the wing and he looked up.

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