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Plural of runway

regular plural

The plural of runway is runways.

Forms of runway

Singularrunway /ˈɹʌnweɪ/
Pluralrunways
Countablecountable

Runways in a sentence

  • In the mornings hoar-frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways.1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street...
  • Through the windows he could see the floodlights on the field, shining on the runways.2016 March, Joseph Kanon, Leaving Berlin: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 313
  • With no paved runways, the country was aeronautically deficient.From the entry aeronautically
  • By now you’ve likely spotted the Barbiecore trend on celebs and runways.2022 December 18, Laura White, “The Sparkliest, Spangliest Holiday Frocks At Target”, in HuffPost. From the entry Barbiecore
  • The city of Baker has recently paved their northwest-southeast runway and graveled the eastwest and northsouth runways.1964 July, James H. Monger, “Airport Notes”, in Monthly Publication of the Montana Aeronautics Commission, volume 15, number 6, Montana…. From the entry northsouth

Meaning of runway

  1. noun A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access.
  2. noun The usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, such as from a forest to a water source.
  3. noun A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows.

Full definition of runway

Questions about the plural of runway

What is the plural of runway?
The plural of runway is runways.
Is runway countable?
Runway is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runway (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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