Meanings
plural running tracks
- athleticsa track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.
Synonyms: athletics track
- rail transportA line on which trains can run, as opposed to a siding.
There is a broad-gauge transfer shed, lengths of running track with reconstructed stations, and a bit of Brunel's ill-fated atmospheric railway.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61Synonyms: running line
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.
nounA line on which trains can run, as opposed to a siding.
Translations
Dutch atletiekbaan, renbaan
- atletiekbaantrack for running events
- renbaantrack for running events
Finnish juoksurata
- juoksuratatrack for running events
German Rennbahn
- Rennbahntrack for running events
Hungarian futópálya
- futópályatrack for running events
Norwegian Bokmål løpebane
- løpebanetrack for running events
Polish bieżnia
- bieżniatrack for running events
Russian бегова́я доро́жка
- бегова́я доро́жка (begovája doróžka)track for running events
Swedish löparbana
- löparbanatrack for running events
Turkish koşu pisti
- koşu pistitrack for running events
Ukrainian бігова доріжка
- бігова доріжка (bihova dorižka)track for running events
Cite this entry
running track. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20track
“running track.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20track. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “running track,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20track.
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