airport

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

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noun

a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.

Nearby words

airplane mode, airplane spin, airplane splint, airplane turn, airplay, airport, airport code, airproof, airs, airscrew, airshed

Origin of airport

1915–20; air¹ + port¹, on the model of seaport

Definition for airport (2 of 2)

airport

[ air-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈɛərˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun Nautical.

a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air.

Origin of airport

First recorded in 1780–90; air¹ + port⁴

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Examples from the Web for airport

It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He need not run; he could wait until the pursuit passed, then walk leisurely to the airport, get a cab, and go home.
The Golden Skull|John Blaine
Im mighty anxious to get out to the airport as soon as it clears up.
Famous Flyers|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
They have everything here except Company House—docks, airport, everything.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
Did he tell you this after the President's plane arrived at the airport or was it before?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They entered the wide doorway of the warehouse on the dock-level floor of the Airport Building and crossed to the lift.
Graveyard of Dreams|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for airport

airport

/ (ˈɛəˌpɔːt) /

noun

a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities

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airport

noun

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airport

noun Nautical.

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airport

noun