"airstrip" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-airstrip.wav [Southern-England] Forms: airstrips [plural]
Etymology: From air + strip. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|air|strip}} air + strip Head templates: {{en-noun}} airstrip (plural airstrips)
  1. An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities. Categories (topical): Aviation Related terms: airfield, airpark, airport, landing strip Translations (primitive aircraft landing field): landingsbane [common-gender] (Danish), lentopaikka (Finnish), korpikenttä [informal] (Finnish), piste d’atterrissage [feminine] (French), Landepiste [feminine] (German), bandar udara perintis (Indonesian), aerstiall [feminine] (Irish), pista di atterraggio [feminine] (Italian), aeroportello (Latin), flystripe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flystripe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pas startowy [masculine] (Polish), pista de pouso [feminine] (Portuguese), pista de aterrizaje [feminine] (Spanish), landningsbana [common-gender] (Swedish), flygplats [common-gender] (Swedish), flygfält [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "sense": "primitive aircraft landing field",
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      "word": "pista de aterrizaje"
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