runway Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
    track; rail; rails.
  2. noun a chute down which logs can slide
  3. noun a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.
  4. noun a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

WordNet

Run"way` noun
Definitions
  1. The channel of a stream.
  2. The beaten path made, by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

Webster 1913