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# aerodrome

noun (aerodrome, aerodromes) — UK, Australia, old-fashioned

«aerodrome» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(UK, Australia, old use) A small airfield where planes take off and land, without a big airport building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#m1)

### In the lessons

Heard in history stories about early flying and war, and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand for small local airfields. In the USA people say «airfield» or «airport».

### Examples

- The little plane landed at the country aerodrome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x1)
- In the war, pilots flew from an aerodrome in Kent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x2)
- Grandad worked at the local aerodrome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x3)
- We watched gliders at the aerodrome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x4)
- The aerodrome had just one grass runway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x5)
- Old maps show an aerodrome where the park is now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/#x6)

### Note

British spelling; the American form «airdrome» is rare. Not the same as a big airport.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aerodrome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aerodrome/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aerodrome» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aerodrome.html) on Mova free.