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Definition of 'aerodrome'

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aerodrome

(eərədroʊm )
Word forms: plural aerodromes
countable noun [oft in names]
An aerodrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
[British]regional note:   in AM, use airdrome
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aerodrome in British

(ˈɛərəˌdrəʊm ) or US airdrome (ˈɛəˌdrəʊm )
noun
a landing area, esp for private aircraft, that is usually smaller than an airport
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aerodrome in American

(ˈɛrəˌdroʊm ; erˈədrōmˌ)
noun
British
an airport, esp. a small one
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'aerodrome'

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In a dip behind lay the black hangars of the aerodrome, a windsock limp at its mast. Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR (1994)Made a few calls from my hotel at the aerodrome last night. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1994)
`I vill meet you at the aerodrome at zero-six hundred hours. Siddons, Anne Rivers DOWNTOWN (1994)

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