runway

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: run=way

CIDE DICTIONARY

runway, n. 

•  The channel of a stream.  [1913 Webster]
•  The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

runway, n.
1 a specially prepared surface along which aircraft take off and land.
2 a trail to an animals' watering-place.
3 an incline down which logs are slid.
4 a raised gangway in a theatre, fashion display, etc.

THESAURUS

runway

airstrip, alameda, apron, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, boardwalk, bridle path, catwalk, clearway, esplanade, fairway, fastwalk, flight deck, foot pavement, footpath, footway, garden path, groove, hiking trail, landing deck, landing strip, mall, parade, path, pathway, prado, promenade, public walk, run, rut, sidewalk, strip, towing path, towpath, track, trail, trottoir, walk, walkway

ROGET THESAURUS

runway

Arrival

N arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.

Departure

N departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport, departing, valedictory, outward bound, whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move, Int, begone!, farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen!, au plaisir de vous revoir!, bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise!, vive valeque!.