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airstrip

(eəʳstrɪp)
Word forms: plural airstrips
countable noun
An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
We landed on a grass airstrip, fifteen minutes after leaving Mahe.

airstrip in British English

(ˈɛəˌstrɪp)
noun
a cleared area for the landing and taking off of aircraft; runway
Also called: landing strip

airstrip in American English

(ˈɛrˌstrɪp)
noun
a hard-surfaced area, as at an airhead, adapted for use as a temporary airplane runway

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Examples of 'airstrip' in a sentence
airstrip

Or could they have piloted it to a remote airstrip and took the passengers hostage?
The Sun (2014)
The few hundred Cubans building the airstrip were not trained combat troops.
Chancellor, John Peril and Promise: A Commentary on America (1990)
With only a tiny airstrip, many people come by boat from nearby islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It landed on a tiny airstrip in the forest, skimming the trees as we came down.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A small airstrip and a field hospital had been built.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
A grass airstrip lay at the centre of the village.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a long walk from where the ship berths past an airstrip to a tiny collection of buildings that include the local museum and adjacent café.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Near a dirt airstrip to the north-east of the city, the battalion adopted its attack formation.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
That is, we needed to build an airstrip, as soon as possible.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
I was very much in favour of building the airstrip, because it would take the pressure off my carriers.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
One day, I was collecting a guest from the dirt airstrip.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
airstrip

British English: airstrip NOUN
An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
We landed on a grass airstrip.
  • American English: airstrip
  • Brazilian Portuguese: pista de pouso
  • Chinese: 飞机跑道
  • European Spanish: pista de aterrizaje
  • French: piste d'atterrissage
  • German: Start-und Lande-Bahn
  • Italian: pista d'atterraggio
  • Japanese: 仮設滑走路
  • Korean: >활주로 간이
  • European Portuguese: pista de aterragem
  • Latin American Spanish: pista de aterrizaje
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