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air⋅field

[air-feeld]
–noun
a level area, usually equipped with hard-surfaced runways, on which airplanes take off and land.

Origin:
1930–35; air 1 + field
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air·field   (âr'fēld')   
n.  
  1. The area of fields and runways where aircraft can take off and land.

  2. An airport.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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