"short track" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: short tracks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)
  1. (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track.
    (iceskating) A short-track speedskating oval.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-short_track-en-noun-WnXeQEdS
  2. (countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track.
    (motor racing) A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-short_track-en-noun-8kotwnkM Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
  3. (uncountable, ice skating) A subdiscipline of speed skating, where skaters race around an ice rink, the size of an ice hockey rink; typically in mass start racing, against other skaters in heats. Tags: uncountable Translations (short track speed skating): patinage de vitesse court piste (French), patinage de vitesse sur court piste (French)
    Sense id: en-short_track-en-noun-pd5FNZcM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 30 53 Disambiguation of 'short track speed skating': 10 13 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: short-track, shorttrack Related terms: long track

Inflected forms

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