Synonyms for aerodrome


Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-uh-drohm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛər əˌdroʊm

Top 10 synonyms for aerodrome Other synonyms for the word aerodrome

Définition of aerodrome

Origin :
  • 1902, from aero- on analogy of hippodrome. Earlier (1891) a name for a flying machine.
  • As in landing strip : noun runway for aircraft
Example sentences :
  • The first time I saw him was at the aerodrome at Estre Blanche.
  • Extract from : « An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 » by William Orpen
  • Immediately after the attack has been made, these formations will return to the aerodrome.
  • Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall
  • Climbing out of my machine at the aerodrome, I looked at my watch.
  • Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall
  • The patrol will then proceed to the aerodrome by the shortest route.
  • Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall
  • Not far from the aerodrome lay a main road, with tramway-lines along it.
  • Extract from : « Learning to Fly » by Claude Grahame-White
  • The best position for an aerodrome is in a valley, not abrupt but gently sloping.
  • Extract from : « Learning to Fly » by Claude Grahame-White
  • It is very necessary for the pupil to spend as much time as he can on the aerodrome.
  • Extract from : « Learning to Fly » by Claude Grahame-White
  • He was not looking at hydroplanes over the fence of the aerodrome.
  • Extract from : « Riviera Towns » by Herbert Adams Gibbons
  • It will be a wonderful machine if, from that distance and height, it can glide into the Aerodrome.
  • Extract from : « The Aeroplane Speaks » by H. Barber
  • Mr. Holt Thomas brings Paulhan to Brooklands, where an aerodrome is made.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.

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