runway (n.)

  1. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

    [ Syn: track , rail , rails ]

  2. a chute down which logs can slide

  3. a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

  4. a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

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