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running track

running track noun: a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.

running track: a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events
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Noun

running track (plural running tracks)

  1. a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.
    Synonyms:
    athletics track
  2. A line on which trains can run, as opposed to a siding.
    • There is a broad-gauge transfer shed, lengths of running track with reconstructed stations, and a bit of Brunel's ill-fated atmospheric railway.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61
    Synonyms:
    running line

Synonyms of running track

Forms of running track

pluralrunning tracks

Questions about running track

What does running track mean?
Running track means a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.
What part of speech is running track?
Running track is a noun.
What is the plural of running track?
The plural of running track is running tracks.

Words near running track in the dictionary

  1. running to earth
  2. running to ground
  3. running to the ground
  4. running to the hills
  5. running to waste
  6. running track
  7. running tracks
  8. running trap
  9. running traps
  10. running up
  11. running up against

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