ALL meanings of airway
air·way
A a - countable noun airway A person's airways are the passages from their nose and mouth down to their lungs, through which air enters and leaves their body. 3
- noun plural airway The airways are all the routes that planes can travel along. 3
- noun plural airway Airways means the same as airwaves. 3
- noun airway an air route, esp one that is fully equipped with emergency landing fields, navigational aids, etc 3
- noun airway a passage for ventilation, esp in a mine 3
- noun airway a passage down which air travels from the nose or mouth to the lungs 3
- noun airway a tubelike device inserted via the throat to keep open the airway of an unconscious patient 3
- noun airway air shaft (sense 1) 3
- noun airway a specific route for air traffic, provided with navigational aids; air lane 3
- abbreviation AIRWAY airwaves 3
- noun airway a respiratory passageway 3
- noun airway a device used to bring air to the lungs during anesthesia 3
- noun airway an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc. 1
- noun airway a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs. 1
- noun airway Medicine/Medical. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia. 1
- noun airway any passage in a mine used for purposes of ventilation; an air course. 1
- noun airway airways. the band of frequencies, taken collectively, used by radio broadcasting stations: The news was sent out over the airways immediately. airwaves. airline (def 1c). 1
- noun airway The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs. 1
- noun airway plane route 1
- noun airway breathing passage 1
- noun airway (anatomy) The trachea. 0
- noun airway A flight path used by aeroplanes. 0