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Definition of Drome
1. Noun. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
Terms within: Airdock, Hangar, Repair Shed, Air Terminal, Airport Terminal, Control Tower
Generic synonyms: Airfield, Field, Flying Field, Landing Field
Specialized synonyms: Heliport
Specialized synonyms: Kennedy, Kennedy International Airport, Kennedy Interrnational
Definition of Drome
1. n. The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
2. n. Short for Aërodrome.
Definition of Drome
1. Proper noun. One of the départements of Rhône-Alpes, France (INSEE code 26) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drome
1. an aerodrome [n -S]
Medical Definition of Drome
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drome
Literary usage of Drome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"The Rhone forms a western limit throughout the whole length of the department of
drome ; the road on the banks mt-nt of of the river crosses first ..."
2. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"drome, a department of France, on the e. bank of the Rhone, to the s. of the
department of Isère. Area, 2500 sq. miles. Pop. ..."
3. The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account ...by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams (1832)
"... a commune without its school, and there are few uneducated children ; while,
in the departments of the Ardeche and the drome, the ignorance is extreme. ..."
4. Reboisement in France: Or, Records of the Replanting of the Alps, the by John Croumbie Brown (1880)
"Department of the drome. The former independent State of Dauphiny included,
besides what are now the departments of the High Alps and the department of the ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1851)
"... De la drome, and Remusat—The Bill carried—Speech of M. de Montalembert on
Observance of Sunday in France. AT the sitting of the 5th of illustrious ..."
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