raceway

[ reys-wey ]

noun

1. Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.
2. a racetrack on which harness races race are held.
3. Electricity. a channel for protecting and holding electrical wires and cables, especially a metal rectangular tube used for such purposes.
4. Machinery. race ¹( def 9 ).

raceway

/ ˈreɪsˌweɪ /

noun

1. another word for race 1
2. a racetrack, esp one for banger racing
3. another word (esp US) for race 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of raceway¹

First recorded in 1820–30; race ¹ + way ¹

Example Sentences

The main grandstands, front straight, pit road and pit road suites, which are all that remain of the old raceway, are to be incorporated into the new racing venue.

From Los Angeles Times

Production typically occurs in so-called raceway ponds beneath the open sky or in photobioreactors chambers, where the organisms grow in glass tubes.

From Science Daily

“There’s a sense of impunity among some drivers,” says Steve Strachan, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, “who are treating Washington’s roads like they’re a raceway.”

From Seattle Times

The land became too valuable for the raceway’s owners to resist selling in 1989, and now a mall sits where cars roared.

From Los Angeles Times

That all that outreach was needed explains, in part, why similar routes around the region remain car-commuter raceways.

From Washington Post

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