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air lane
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noun
a route regularly used by airplanes; airway.
QUIZ
THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Also called skyway.
Origin of air lane
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby air lane
air-intake, airish, air jacket, air kiss, air lance, air lane, air-launched cruise missile, air layer, air layering, airless, air letter
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How to use air lane in a sentence
Three minutes later they were in the air flying an air-lane in the dark.
Gypsy Flight|Roy J. SnellMuch good it does us; this fellow is as cautious as a director of the lower air-lane.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings