raceway

American  

[reys-wey] / ˈreɪsˌweɪ /

noun

1. Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.

2. a racetrack on which harness races are held.

3. Electricity. a channel for protecting and holding electrical wires and cables, especially a metal rectangular tube used for such purposes.

4. Machinery. race.

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raceway British  

/ ˈreɪsˌweɪ /

noun

1. another word for race 1

2. a racetrack, esp one for banger racing

3. another word (esp US) for race 1

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Etymology

Origin of raceway

First recorded in 1820–30; race ¹ + way ¹

Example Sentences

Production typically occurs in so-called raceway ponds beneath the open sky or in photobioreactors chambers, where the organisms grow in glass tubes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

Four years ago, at the Sears Point raceway in Sonoma County, Newsom said he rode in an “Audi going 160 miles an hour with no one in the driver’s seat.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2023

The two are honorary starters for Sunday’s race - “Kurt will wave the green flag two-thousandths of a second after Ricky,” raceway president Kerry Tharp quipped - and will keep treasuring their moment.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2023

He had spent the day watching the race at the new Miami International Autodrome, a temporary raceway that loops around Hard Rock Stadium, just north of the city.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

The suction pump can also be made on 1⁄4-inch tubing, and one joint saved if desired, by constricting the tube to form the raceway for the water and air, as shown in b, Fig.

From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)

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