speedway

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From speed +‎ way.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiːdweɪ/

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speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)

1. (uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.

   Synonym: motorcycle speedway

2. (uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.

   Synonyms: cycle speedway, bicycle speedway

3. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

   Synonyms: motor speedway, motospeedway, motorway

   1. A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
      1. A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
4. (chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.

• superspeedway

From English speedway.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiːdʋei̯/, [ˈs̠piːdʋe̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -iːdʋei

speedway

1. speedway

• “speedway”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023