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

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raceway

The couple planned to reopen a long-dormant RC raceway near their home in Beaumont in Riverside County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

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

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

Coastal Carolina, in Conway, is about 70 miles east of the raceway.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

It consists of an exterior shell or skeleton of steel, capable of rotation in an annular raceway.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

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