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# velodrome

noun (a velodrome, velodromes)

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

## Everyday

A building or arena with a steeply sloping oval track for bicycle racing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in sport, especially track cycling at the Olympics and big competitions. The track is banked (tilted) at the ends so that riders can go very fast around the bends without sliding off. Phrases: "at the velodrome", "the velodrome track".

### Examples

- The cyclists raced around the velodrome at great speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x1)
- We watched the track cycling at the velodrome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x2)
- The velodrome track is steep at the corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x3)
- The London velodrome was built for the 2012 Olympics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x4)
- My cousin trains at the velodrome every Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x5)
- The crowd cheered as the riders crossed the line in the velodrome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/velodrome/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a velodrome. Pronounced VEL-oh-drome. "Velo-" comes from the French word for bicycle, "vélo", and "-drome" means a racecourse, like in "aerodrome" and "hippodrome".

## On Mova

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