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'drome

'drome noun: an aerodrome.

Noun

'drome (plural 'dromes)

  1. (informal) An aerodrome.
    • It had been located and used as a base and 'drome by the Mackay Aerial Expedition a few months previously[.]1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11
    • A Super Constellation warmed its engines up at Mascot 'drome.1959, Dorothy Hewett, Bobbin Up, page 82

Forms of 'drome

plural'dromes

Origin of 'drome

A shortening of aerodrome.

Questions about 'drome

What does 'drome mean?
'drome means an aerodrome.
What part of speech is 'drome?
'drome is a noun.
What is the plural of 'drome?
The plural of 'drome is 'dromes.

Words near 'drome in the dictionary

  1. 'dom
  2. 'doms
  3. 'dos
  4. 'droid
  5. 'droids
  6. 'drome
  7. 'dromes
  8. 'dswounds
  9. 'e
  10. 'e'll
  11. 'e's

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