"speedway" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːdweɪ/ Forms: speedways [plural]
Etymology: From speed + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|speed|way}} speed + way Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)
  1. (uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: motorcycle speedway Translations (motorcycle racing): мотоциклетно състезание (motocikletno sǎstezanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), speedway (Finnish), żużel [masculine] (Polish), спидве́й (spidvɛ́j) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-teLTmhS~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20 Disambiguation of 'motorcycle racing': 32 12 18 18 18 2
  2. (uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: cycle speedway, bicycle speedway
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-ft~roWcJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20
  3. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing, Roads Synonyms: motor speedway, motospeedway, motorway
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-GUpRrjlK Disambiguation of Motor racing: 8 7 25 25 25 10 Disambiguation of Roads: 8 3 22 22 22 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 8 20 20 20 23
  4. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
    A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing, Roads Synonyms: motor speedway, motospeedway, motorway
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-T8mmLmEj Disambiguation of Motor racing: 8 7 25 25 25 10 Disambiguation of Roads: 8 3 22 22 22 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 8 20 20 20 23
  5. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
    A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
    A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing, Roads Synonyms: motor speedway, motospeedway, motorway
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-TT9n3LUt Disambiguation of Motor racing: 8 7 25 25 25 10 Disambiguation of Roads: 8 3 22 22 22 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 8 20 20 20 23
  6. (chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing, Roads
    Sense id: en-speedway-en-noun-qmInfL2K Disambiguation of Motor racing: 8 7 25 25 25 10 Disambiguation of Roads: 8 3 22 22 22 23 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 17 17 17 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 8 20 20 20 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superspeedway Translations (racetrack): мотописта (motopista) [feminine] (Bulgarian), speedwayrata (Finnish), трек (trɛk) (alt: для мотоцикле́тных го́нок) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'racetrack': 6 6 28 28 30 2

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мотописта"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "racetrack",
      "word": "speedwayrata"
    },
    {
      "alt": "для мотоцикле́тных го́нок",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trɛk",
      "sense": "racetrack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трек"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:speedway"
  ],
  "word": "speedway"
}

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