velodrome
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of velodrome
1890–95; < French vélodrome, equivalent to vélo, shortened form of vélocipède velocipede + -drome -drome
Example Sentences
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For Van Aert - known to many as the 'nicest man in cycling' and who was roared into the velodrome - it was simply "a dream come true" that was "years in the making".
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
A velodrome is a similar environment to the indoor ice oval, and Stolz could learn “race craft, positioning and timing,” Quirk said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
You shut your eyes and you're back in that velodrome.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
Netherlands' Caroline Groot won the Games' first gold in the women's C4-5 500m time trial, while Daphne Schrager won GB's first medal - and received it at the velodrome from cinema legend Jackie Chan.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
They spoke of the six days' bicycle race at the winter velodrome, and of the aviation show at the motor exhibition at Brussels, without experiencing the slightest amusement.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole
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