Meanings
noun'drome (plural 'dromes)
plural 'dromes
- informalAn aerodrome.
A Super Constellation warmed its engines up at Mascot 'drome.
1959, Dorothy Hewett, Bobbin Up, page 821 more example
It had been located and used as a base and 'drome by the Mackay Aerial Expedition a few months previously[.]
1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11
Origin
A shortening of aerodrome.
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'drome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'drome
MLA
“'drome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'drome. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'drome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'drome.
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