airstrip meaning

Definition of airstrip

1. an airfield without normal airport facilities

   Synonyms: flight strip, landing strip, strip

   Type of: airfield

   Kinds: flare path

airstrip in a sentence

• They parked the trucks in an abandoned airstrip.
• The report says another airstrip could be ready by the end of this year.
• There was an airstrip across the road decades ago, but few planes ever landed there.
• Are there any airstrips in the area?

How to pronounce airstrip

airstrip is pronounced /ˈɛrstrɪp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.