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racecourses

racecourses is the plural of racecourse.

Meaning of racecourse

Noun

racecourse (plural racecourses)

  1. A course over which races are run.
    • At one point they made a racecourse around the Sepulchre and some, almost in a state of nudity, danced about with frantic gestures, yelling and screaming as if possessed,2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 393
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A racetrack where horse races are run.
    • By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...].1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387

Questions about racecourses

What is racecourses the plural of?
Racecourses is the plural of racecourse.

Words near racecourses in the dictionary

  1. racecards
  2. racecars
  3. racecation
  4. racecations
  5. racecourse
  6. racecourses
  7. racecraft
  8. raced
  9. raced off
  10. raced out of the traps
  11. raceday

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