noun
- an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc.
- a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs.
- Medicine/Medical. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia.
- any passage in a mine used for purposes of ventilation; an air course.
- airways,
- the band of frequencies, taken collectively, used by radio broadcasting stations: The news was sent out over the airways immediately.
- airwaves.
- airline(def 1c).
noun
- an air route, esp one that is fully equipped with emergency landing fields, navigational aids, etc
- a passage for ventilation, esp in a mine
- a passage down which air travels from the nose or mouth to the lungs
- med a tubelike device inserted via the throat to keep open the airway of an unconscious patient
n.
- Any of the various parts of the respiratory tract through which air passes during breathing.
- A device used to gain an unobstructed route to convey air into and out of the lungs during general anesthesia or when the respiratory passage is blocked.