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air passage

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noun

a space occupied or traversed by air.

travel by air.

accommodations for an air trip: to book air passage for Hong Kong.

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compact

joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.

ready or inclined to fight.

not participating actively.

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Origin of air passage

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby air passage

air miss, air national guard, air observer, air officer, air one's grievances, air passage, air piracy, air pistol, air plant, air plot, air plug

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Example sentences from the Web for air passage

Breathing through a tube, if continued for a long time, interferes with the natural growth of the air-passage above it.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
The pus may burst into the cellular tissue of the neck, or into the air-passage or the œsophagus.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
These are drawn from the mouth into the air-passage during a sudden inspiratory effort, for example while laughing or sneezing.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
The commonest causes are a wound of some air-passage, or a penetrating wound of the chest wall without injury to the lung.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various

Pressure on the thoracic veins and on the air-passage causes cyanosis and dyspnœa.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

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