airfield
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of airfield
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Sixty years ago, race engineer Colin Chapman moved Lotus Cars to Hethel, England, repurposing the nearby WWII-era airfield as a test circuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 15-minute private ride on the airfield to my plane with a former flight attendant named Luis was a highlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It is also claimed to be the highest licensed airfield in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The center was assembled in just eight days in June last year with bunk beds, wire cages and large white tents at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades, home to a large population of alligators.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Each morning they’d trek to the airfield with one woman breaking snow up to her waist for the rest of the line.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
