airway

English Thesaurus

1. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a commercial organization serving as a common carrier (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	fleet,
definition	:	group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership (noun.group)

2. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	duct,
definition	:	an enclosed conduit for a fluid (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	register,
definition	:	an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room (noun.artifact)

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

hyponym	:	upcast,
definition	:	air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	ventilation shaft,
definition	:	a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	blowhole, vent, vent-hole, venthole,
definition	:	a hole for the escape of gas or air (noun.artifact)

3. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body (noun.body)

hypernym	:	tract,
definition	:	a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose (noun.body)

hyponym	:	lower respiratory tract,
definition	:	the bronchi and lungs (noun.body)

hyponym	:	upper respiratory tract,
definition	:	the nose and throat and trachea (noun.body)

part meronym	:	respiratory system, systema respiratorium,
definition	:	the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing (noun.body)

4. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another (noun.location)

hypernym	:	itinerary, path, route,
definition	:	an established line of travel or access (noun.location)

hyponym	:	approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope,
definition	:	the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing (noun.location)

hyponym	:	holding pattern,
definition	:	the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land (noun.location)

5. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	airliner,
definition	:	a commercial airplane that carries passengers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	airliner,
definition	:	a commercial airplane that carries passengers (noun.artifact)