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Definition of Airfield
1. Noun. A place where planes take off and land.
Specialized synonyms: Aerodrome, Airdrome, Airport, Drome, Airstrip, Flight Strip, Landing Strip, Strip, Auxiliary Airfield
Terms within: Apron, Runway, Taxi Strip, Taxiway, Flight Line
Generic synonyms: Facility, Installation
Group relationships: Transit, Transportation, Transportation System
Definition of Airfield
1. Noun. A place where airplanes can take off and land but unlike an airport must not necessarily have terminals or paved runways. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airfield
1. an airport [n -S] - See also: airport
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airfield
Literary usage of Airfield
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
"... Al Bakr airfield [subordinate] (Samarra East airfield) ... Al Taba'at Airstrip (H3
SW airfield) ... Tammuz Airbase (Al Taqaddum airfield) ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"JKL F airfield, CHARLES (1761 ?- 1804), painter, executed some original works of
great merit, which passed almost unnoticed owing to his retired and ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1859)
"... five o'clock in the afternoon the British troops landed about a mile and a
half British Account of west ot the tort at 1' airfield. ..."
4. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"... Defeat: occupied German airfield, 1945 (Photo Credit: Official USAF Photo)
Goring in defeat: the Reichsmarschall removes his medals for his American ..."
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