speedway
/ˈspiːdweɪ/
speedway noun: a form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
Noun
speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)
- A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
- Synonyms:
- motorcycle speedway
- A form of bicycle racing on flat (nonbanked) oval dirt tracks.
- Synonyms:
- cycle speedway, bicycle speedway
- A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
- Synonyms:
- motor speedway, motorway
- A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
- A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
- A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
Proper noun capitalized: Speedway
Speedway
- An enclave of Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States.
- A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts.2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022, page 6
speedway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
speedway in Hindi
- स्पीडवे, गतिमार्ग
speedway in Tamil
- விசைமிதிப் பந்தய ஓட்டக்களம், விசை வேக உந்து வண்டிநெறிவரை
speedway in Marathi
- स्पीडवे, गतीमार्ग, वेगमार्ग
speedway in Urdu
- اسپیڈ وے, سپیڈ وے
More languagesFewer languages
- speedway in Bengali
- একটি এক্সপ্রেসওয়ে
- speedway in Telugu
- స్పీడ్ వే
- speedway in Malayalam
- സ്പീഡ് വേ
- speedway in Punjabi
- ਸਪੀਡਵੇਅ, ਸਪੀਡ ਵੇਅ, ਸਪੀਡ-ਵੇਅ
- speedway in Gujarati
- સ્પીડવે, સ્પીડ વે
- speedway in Odia
- ସ୍ପିଡ୍ୱେ, ସ୍ପିଡ୍ ୱେ
- speedway in Nepali
- स्पिडवे, स्पीडवे, स्पिड वे
Synonyms of speedway
Forms of speedway
| plural | speedways |
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Origin of speedway
From speed + way.
Capitalization of speedway. Named after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (The Brickyard), a superspeedway (“banked oval motor racetrack”).
Words formed from speedway
Phrases with speedway
Questions about speedway
- What does speedway mean?
- Speedway means a form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
- What is speedway in Hindi?
- Speedway in Hindi is स्पीडवे, गतिमार्ग. See Speedway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is speedway?
- Speedway can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce speedway?
- Speedway is pronounced /ˈspiːdweɪ/.
- What is the plural of speedway?
- The plural of speedway is speedways.
Words near speedway in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: speedway (page history and authors); Speedway (page history and authors); speedway (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); speedway (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); speedway (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); speedway (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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