AIRWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does airway mean? 

• AIRWAY (noun)
  The noun AIRWAY has 4 senses:

1. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

2. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

3. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body

4. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

  Familiarity information: AIRWAY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIRWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

air duct; air passage; airway

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

duct (an enclosed conduit for a fluid)

Meronyms (parts of "airway"):

blowhole; vent; vent-hole; venthole (a hole for the escape of gas or air)

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

register (an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room)

breather; schnorchel; schnorkel; snorkel; snorkel breather (air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time)

upcast (air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine)

ventilation shaft (a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

air lane; airway; flight path; skyway

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

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

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

approach; approach path; glide path; glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)

holding pattern (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The passages through which air enters and leaves the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

airway; respiratory tract

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

tract (a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose)

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

lower respiratory tract (the bronchi and lungs)

upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)

Holonyms ("airway" is a part of...):

respiratory system; systema respiratorium (the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

airline; airline business; airway

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

line (a commercial organization serving as a common carrier)

Meronyms (parts of "airway"):

fleet (group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership)

 Context examples 

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Does your partner find your chest trouble upsetting?

(AQ20 - Partner Find Your Chest Trouble Upsetting, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you suffer from breathlessness when you laugh?

(AQ20 - Suffer From Breathlessness When Laugh, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Does walking upstairs make you breathless?

(AQ20 - Walking Upstairs Make You Breathless, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you worry a lot about your chest trouble?

(AQ20 - Worry a Lot About Chest Trouble, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Does getting emotionally upset make your chest trouble worse?

(AQ20 - Getting Emotionally Upset Make Chest Trouble Worse, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you get chest problems when you come into contact with strong smells, exhaust fumes, cigarette smoke, perfume etc?

(AQ20 - Get Chest Problems When Contact With Strong Smells, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you think the fullness of your life is limited by your chest trouble?

(AQ20 - Fullness of Life is Limited by Chest Trouble, NCI Thesaurus)

The airways become inflamed and narrow, causing difficult breathing, wheezing (a whistling sound while breathing), tightness in the chest, and coughing.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you get breathless doing housework?

(AQ20 - Get Breathless Doing Housework, NCI Thesaurus)

Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you worry about the long term effects of the drugs you take for your chest trouble?

(AQ20 - Worry About Long Term Effects of Drugs for Chest Trouble, NCI Thesaurus)