AIRPORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does airport mean? 

• AIRPORT (noun)
  The noun AIRPORT has 1 sense:

1. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

  Familiarity information: AIRPORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIRPORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerodrome; airdrome; airport; drome

Hypernyms ("airport" is a kind of...):

airfield; field; flying field; landing field (a place where planes take off and land)

Meronyms (parts of "airport"):

airdock; hangar; repair shed (a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained)

air terminal; airport terminal (a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight)

control tower (a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "airport"):

heliport (an airport for helicopters)

Instance hyponyms:

Kennedy; Kennedy International; Kennedy International Airport (a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City)

 Context examples 

The ideal case would be to combine both methods, strategic interviewing and thermography, moving our system to, for example, police stations, airports or refugee camps.

(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)

The new moon will fall in your ninth house of distant travel, so it appears you may be preparing for a trip to the airport.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The study comes at a time when facial analysis technologies — which use hidden cameras to assess and characterize certain features about an individual — are becoming increasingly prevalent, embedded in everything from smartphone dating apps and digital kiosks at malls to airport security and law enforcement surveillance systems.

(Facial recognition software has a gender problem, National Science Foundation)

This suggests you will be heading to the airport and traveling to a distant city soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Finally, Mars, your ruling planet, will remain in the highly compatible sign of Sagittarius from January 3 until February 16, indicating you might be heading to the airport on a fun trip.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Travel is always your favorite activity, and the very thought of heading to the airport gets most Sagittarians excited.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The news may come from a person in a foreign country, or you may need to travel to work on your project—until month’s end, you may not even know you’ll be heading to the airport.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This time, Mercury will retrograde in your distant travel sector, so when you pack, keep your AC cord with you at the airport so you can work or enjoy your computer if your flight gets delayed and still not use up all the battery strength before you eventually board.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your ruler Mars will move into fellow fire sign Sagittarius on January 3, providing you with a consistent chance to head to the airport for a change of scene, and you will see evidence of this throughout January and up to February 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)