Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A tract of leveled land where aircraft can take off and land, usually equipped with hard-surfaced landing strips, a control tower, hangars, aircraft maintenance and refueling facilities, and accommodations for passengers and cargo.
- n. Such an installation in which the landing area is on water.
Wiktionary
- n. An airfield (a place where airplanes can take off and land), including one or more runways and one or more passenger terminals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Etymologies
- air + port (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Across the highway and just south of the airport is the Hotel Vienna, an inexpensive but decent place to stay the night.”
“The Max line to the airport is a waste of money so why not close it and improve the bus services elsewhere and that includes the connections between North Portland and the Rivergate Industrial Park?”
“Obama administration officials in charge of the relief effort defended the decisions, noting the airport is the only major hub in Haiti.”
“Although the idea of a no-frills, soccer-only stadium somewhere out toward the Columbia River or the airport is a good one, an even better concept leaps out of this exchange -- a nonprofit team!”
“Its introduction at the airport is a result of an alliance with American Airlines, giving JetBlue some of American's landing slots at the airport, while AA will get slots from JetBlue at New York JFK.”
“The 99-degree reading at the airport is the highest on record this late in the year and the hottest temperature ever recorded after Sept. 8.”
The Washington Post: Heat records continue to fall in D.C. area
““Counterterrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better,” he said.”
“The Guadalajara airport is about a 1 1/2 hours drive.”
“I have to arrive at the airport an hour before and the airport is an hour away.”
“I found the cheapest way to the airport is a truly great service called Airport Express.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘airport’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (concrete)
foodstuff, banknote, crankshaft, earphone, fibreboard, fishplate, forklift, glassware, guardrail, handicraft, headband, kitchenware and 181 more...
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Any port
support, deport, export, import, report, disport, rapport, teleport, transport, besport, watersport, spoilsport and 15 more...
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words
my words. my mind. my gosh.
try not to enjoy it too much.git, ghoti, sauce, quail, querulous, quarrelsome, reliability, untoward, incongruities, fission, fanatic, apple and 206 more...
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candy cane heroin
sex, sexual, branden, rozz, candy cane, candy canes, cotton candy, may day, may, taurus, heroin, love and 134 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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TN5 Lesson 57
ship, queen, helicopter, even, in fact, no kidding!, airport, JFK, La Guardia, camel, Egypt, submarine and 1 more...
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favourite words
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sweet, severous, serious, cool, shy, silly, pollution, car, cat, bulls, heavy, airport and 14 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for airport.
Prolagus Greetings from JFK, where I'm enjoying free sessions of WiFi connection thanks to some weakness in the company's settings when connecting with an iPodium. (I think) Jul 13, 2008