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slideway

slideway noun: any form of track along which things can slide.

Noun

slideway (plural slideways)

  1. Any form of track along which things can slide.
    • Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.]1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 52

Forms of slideway

pluralslideways

Origin of slideway

From slide + way.

Questions about slideway

What does slideway mean?
Slideway means any form of track along which things can slide.
What part of speech is slideway?
Slideway is a noun.
What is the plural of slideway?
The plural of slideway is slideways.

Words near slideway in the dictionary

  1. slidest
  2. slideth
  3. slidewalk
  4. slidewalks
  5. slideware
  6. slideway
  7. slideways
  8. slidewire
  9. slidewires
  10. slidey
  11. slidier

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