{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/list-of-vegetables/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"This List of Vegetables Is No Small Potatoes","content":{"topicLabel":"Food and drink 🥕🥦"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/this-list-of-vegetables-is-no-small-potatoes-20251110.jpg","description":"Confused about what a legume really is? How about an allium? Here, we break down all the types of veggies.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/fall-in-love-with-this-squash-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"fall-in-love-with-this-squash-quiz","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/good-vs-well/","text":"Good vs. Well: The Grammatical Difference"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/time-zone-terminology/","text":"It's Time to Learn Some Time Zone Terminology"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/medical-term-for-fainting/","text":"What Is the Medical Term for Fainting?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/november/","text":"What Does the Name \"November\" Mean?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/10-interesting-words-from-taylor-swifts-showgirl-album/","text":"10 Interesting Words from Taylor Swift's \"Showgirl\" Album"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/11-11/","text":"The Connection Between Veterans Day and the Number 11"}],"topicLabel":"In honor"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/getting-sendy/","text":"What Does \"Getting Sendy\" Mean?"}],"topicLabel":"Slang"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://dictionary.com/e/flair-vs-flare/","text":"\"Flair\" vs. \"Flare:\" Learn Their Blazing Differences"}],"topicLabel":"Commonly confused"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"zxyJzJDxuUe7Ho9V0AtcK","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6748860-9","sentence":"Yet the rest of my cross-country adventure through four major airports Monday went off with nothing worse than a 45-minute delay.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-11-12T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-12T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/three-flights-and-four-airports-in-one-day-rolling-the-shutdown-dice-2f6c4b94","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Dawn Gilbertson","title":"Three Flights and Four Airports in One Day: Rolling the Shutdown Dice"},"offsets":[62,70]},{"id":"6748840-20","sentence":"The shutdown led federal employees working in air travel to call out sick in large numbers, prompting an unprecedented directive from the FAA to cancel flights, which slowed operations at major airports.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-11/tense-air-traffic-control-audio-captures-near-miss-two-jets-lax","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Terry Castleman","title":"Tense air traffic control audio captures jets' near miss during LAX takeoff"},"offsets":[194,202]},{"id":"6748798-13","sentence":"Lawmakers are racing to vote before federal employees working in aviation safety miss yet another paycheck this week, potentially extending frustration within their ranks and causing further delays at airports entering the upcoming holiday week.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-11-11/republicans-victory-lap-house-reconvenes-to-end-shutdown","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Michael Wilner, Ana Ceballos","title":"Republicans take a victory lap as House gathers to end shutdown"},"offsets":[201,209]},{"id":"6748757-12","sentence":"The result is that across Canada, and especially in Vancouver, airports face chronic controller shortages and outages, leading to cascading delays.","source":{"sourceName":"The Wall Street Journal","publicationDate":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-against-freeing-air-traffic-control-duffy-canada-9bbbed72","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Opinion | The Case Against ‘Freeing’ Air-Traffic Control"},"offsets":[63,71]},{"id":"6748696-22","sentence":"The cuts affected crew and maintenance schedules in addition to airport arrival and departure boards.","source":{"sourceName":"MarketWatch","publicationDate":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-will-the-house-vote-to-reopen-the-government-heres-what-to-know-5eedba4e","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Robert Schroeder","title":"When will the House vote to reopen the government? Here’s what to know."},"offsets":[64,71]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"airport"},"requestId":"_J0r_voH_8qpk46KnWBj9","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"landing strip","partOfSpeech":"noun","shortDefinition":"runway for aircraft","slug":"landing-strip","synonyms":[{"headword":"aerodrome","slug":"aerodrome"},{"headword":"air base","slug":"air-base"},{"headword":"airfield","slug":"airfield"},{"headword":"airport","slug":"airport"},{"headword":"airstrip","slug":"airstrip"},{"headword":"flight strip","slug":"flight-strip"},{"headword":"landing field","slug":"landing-field"},{"headword":"runway","slug":"runway"},{"headword":"strip","slug":"strip"},{"headword":"takeoff strip","slug":"takeoff-strip"},{"headword":"taxiway","slug":"taxiway"}]}],"slug":"airport"},"meta":{"arg":"airport","requestId":"mAAVThNaqlwT8ZdZH091C","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:07Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"airport","standardForm":"airport"},"id":"6097f66300000003d500c0d8","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:49:07Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"airport","groups":["a","i","o","p","r","rr","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"tropria","subwordTokens":["airport","irport","rport","port","ort","rt","t"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"6097f66300000003d500c0dd","ordinal":1,"shortText":"center for transportation by air","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"airfield","id":"6097f66300000003d500bce8","slug":"airfield"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"airstrip","id":"6097f66300000003d500c2e3","slug":"airstrip"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"installation","id":"6097f6ac000000005500a0bf","slug":"installation"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"runway","id":"6097f7ac000000013f00fbf6","slug":"runway"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"airdrome","id":"6097f66300000003d500bc51","slug":"airdrome"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"hangar","id":"6097fc1000000002c300a534","slug":"hangar"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"heliport","id":"6097f68300000000e000899c","slug":"heliport"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"strip","id":"6097f7f5000000035a00322e","slug":"strip"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"aerodome","id":"6097f657000000032400797e","slug":"aerodome"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"helipad","id":"6097f68300000000e0008991","slug":"helipad"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"home plate","id":"6097f68300000000e0001bcf","slug":"home-plate"},"similarity":10},{"entry":{"headword":"landing strip","id":"6097f6c7000000030300850f","slug":"landing-strip"},"similarity":10}]}],"id":"6097f663bb1f88f7c11cdaaa","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b159","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.flac","mpeg":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.mp3","ogg":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.ogg","wav":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.wav"},"id":"556806ef000000009b00b15a","ipa":{"text":"ˈɛərˌpɔrt"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"air-pawrt","text":"air-pawrt"}},{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b15e","ipa":{"text":"-ˌpoʊrt"},"phonetic":{"html":"-pohrt","text":"-pohrt"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"airport","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"airport","requestId":"dS_l78XaQvCLbvp7SvEMw","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:27:59Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"airport","standardForm":"airport","syllabicForm":"air·port"},"homograph":1,"homographOrdinal":1,"id":"556806ef000000009b00b154","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:27:59Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"airport","groups":["a","i","o","p","r","rr","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"tropria","subwordTokens":["airport","irport","rport","port","ort","rt","t"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b16a","source":"dcom","text":"1915–20; air ¹ + port ¹, on the model of seaport","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b165","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Transportation","type":"category"}],"text":"a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times."}],"id":"556806ef000000009b00b162","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b159","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.flac","mpeg":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.mp3","ogg":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.ogg","wav":"A02/A0247400/A0247400.wav"},"id":"556806ef000000009b00b15a","ipa":{"text":"ˈɛərˌpɔrt"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"air-pawrt","text":"air-pawrt"}},{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b15e","ipa":{"text":"-ˌpoʊrt"},"phonetic":{"html":"-pohrt","text":"-pohrt"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"airport","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"},{"createDate":"2015-05-29T06:27:59Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"airport","standardForm":"airport","syllabicForm":"air·port"},"homograph":2,"homographOrdinal":1,"id":"556806ef000000009b00b178","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T06:27:59Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"airport","groups":["a","i","o","p","r","rr","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"tropria","subwordTokens":["airport","irport","rport","port","ort","rt","t"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b191","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1780–90; air ¹ + port ⁴","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b18b","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Nautical","type":"category"},{"tag":"Naval","type":"category"}],"text":"a porthole designed to be opened to the outside air."}],"id":"556806ef000000009b00b186","label":"Nautical.","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun","tags":[{"tag":"Nautical","type":"subject-category"}]}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b17d","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"A02/A0247500/A0247500.flac","mpeg":"A02/A0247500/A0247500.mp3","ogg":"A02/A0247500/A0247500.ogg","wav":"A02/A0247500/A0247500.wav"},"id":"556806ef000000009b00b17e","ipa":{"text":"ˈɛərˌpɔrt"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2],"html":"air-pawrt","text":"air-pawrt"}},{"id":"556806ef000000009b00b182","ipa":{"text":"-ˌpoʊrt"},"phonetic":{"html":"-pohrt","text":"-pohrt"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"airport","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-10-17T05:09:06Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"airport","standardForm":"airport"},"id":"4cba84f2882e8ad307f098b0","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-10-17T05:09:06Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"airport","groups":["a","i","o","p","r","rr","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"tropria","subwordTokens":["airport","irport","rport","port","ort","rt","t"]},"normalizedLetter":"a","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c742e625c03d9998de59af3","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"Science_and_Technology:Engineering:Aeronautics","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"a landing and taking-off area for civil aircraft, usually with surfaced runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ˈɛəˌpɔːt"}}]}],"slug":"airport","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"}],"meta":{"arg":"airport","requestId":"OAPLYTIZBCuUQuS2WsnNA","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"airport","slug":"airport"},{"displayForm":"airpark","slug":"airpark"},{"displayForm":"apport","slug":"apport"},{"displayForm":"carport","slug":"carport"},{"displayForm":"disport","slug":"disport"},{"displayForm":"import","slug":"import"},{"displayForm":"purport","slug":"purport"},{"displayForm":"misreport","slug":"misreport"},{"displayForm":"airproof","slug":"airproof"},{"displayForm":"lakeport","slug":"lakeport"},{"displayForm":"passport","slug":"passport"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"airport","slug":"airport"},{"displayForm":"carport","slug":"carport"},{"displayForm":"disport","slug":"disport"},{"displayForm":"import","slug":"import"},{"displayForm":"purport","slug":"purport"},{"displayForm":"misreport","slug":"misreport"},{"displayForm":"passport","slug":"passport"},{"displayForm":"comport","slug":"comport"},{"displayForm":"deport","slug":"deport"},{"displayForm":"export","slug":"export"},{"displayForm":"rapport","slug":"rapport"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"airport"},"requestId":"k2YAzAeAWiFn9Qp9UONhf","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

airport

Example Sentences

Related Words