flying field

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noun Aeronautics.

a small landing field with short runways and facilities for servicing airplanes on a lesser scale than an airport.

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Origin of flying field

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby flying field

flying column, flying doctor, flying dragon, flying dustbin, flying dutchman, flying field, flying fish, flying fortress, flying fox, flying frog, flying gangway
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Words related to flying field

field, landing, port, airfield, airstrip

Example sentences from the Web for flying field

  • Wilbur Wright had a similar shack built on his flying-field in France, and planned to do his own cooking.

    Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland

  • We may watch them as they descend to their flying-field, dropping down to earth, one by one.

    High Adventure|James Norman Hall

  • All the crowd from the flying-field were running toward him, yelling.

    The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for flying field

flying field

noun

a small airport; an airfield
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