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airstrip

/ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/

airstrip noun: an aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.

airstrip: an aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities
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Noun

airstrip (plural airstrips)

  1. An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
    • The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.

airstrip meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

airstrip in Bengali

অস্থায়ী রানওয়ে

airstrip in Indonesian

primitive aircraft landing field
bandar udara perintis, landasan udara

Forms of airstrip

pluralairstrips

Plural of airstrip: airstrips

Origin of airstrip

From air + strip.

Questions about airstrip

What does airstrip mean?
Airstrip means an aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
What is airstrip in Bengali?
Airstrip in Bengali is অস্থায়ী রানওয়ে. See Airstrip meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is airstrip?
Airstrip is a noun.
How do you pronounce airstrip?
Airstrip is pronounced /ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/.
What is the plural of airstrip?
The plural of airstrip is airstrips.

Words near airstrip in the dictionary

  1. airstriked
  2. airstriker
  3. airstrikers
  4. airstrikes
  5. airstriking
  6. airstrip
  7. airstrips
  8. airstruck
  9. airsuit
  10. airsuits
  11. airt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: airstrip (page history and authors); airstrip (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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