airfield

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

Origin of airfield

1
First recorded in 1930–35; air1 + field

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How to use airfield in a sentence

  • They had one chap who could get at the tank cars that took aviation gasoline from the refinery to the various Nazi airfields.

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  • Men were already tumbling out of bed at three airfields, buckling helmets and hoping their oxygen tanks would function properly.

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British Dictionary definitions for airfield

airfield

/ (ˈɛəˌfiːld) /


noun
  1. a landing and taking-off area for aircraft, usually with permanent buildings

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