RACEWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raceway mean? 

• RACEWAY (noun)
  The noun RACEWAY has 2 senses:

1. a canal for a current of water

2. a course over which races are run

  Familiarity information: RACEWAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACEWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A canal for a current of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

race; raceway

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

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A course over which races are run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

racecourse; racetrack; raceway; track

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

course (facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport)

Meronyms (parts of "raceway"):

stretch (a straightaway section of a racetrack)

inside track (the inner side of a curved racecourse)

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

cinder track (a racetrack paved with fine cinders)

dirt track (a racetrack that is not paved)

circuit; racing circuit (a racetrack for automobile races)

speedway (a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles)

velodrome (a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing)