"runway" in the noun sense
1. track, rail, rails, runway
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
2. runway
a chute down which logs can slide
3. runway
a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
4. runway
a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land
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