airway

noun
/ˈɛə.weɪ/UK/ˈɛɚ.weɪ/US/ˈeː.wæɪ/

Etymology

From air + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-
  2. inherited from *wegaz
  3. inherited from *weg
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. formed as airway — “air + way

Definitions

  1. The trachea.

    • The burners on gas stoves release pollutants including nitrogen dioxide, a key element in smog that can irritate airways and may contribute to the development of asthma, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  2. A flight path used by aeroplanes.

    • But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
  3. A roadway used for ventilation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at airway. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01airway02trachea03bronchi04bronchus05airways

A definitional loop anchored at airway. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at airway

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA