racecourse

race·course (r

kôrs

, -k

)

n. Sports

A course laid out for racing.

racecourse [ˈreɪsˌkɔːs]

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) a long broad track, usually of grass, enclosed between rails, and with starting and finishing points marked upon it, over which horses are raced Also called (esp US and Canadian) racetrack

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Noun

racecourse - a course over which races are run

racetrack, raceway, track

cinder track - a racetrack paved with fine cinders

course - facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"

dirt track - a racetrack that is not paved

racing circuit, circuit - a racetrack for automobile races

speedway - a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles

stretch - a straightaway section of a racetrack

velodrome - a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing

inside track - the inner side of a curved racecourse

racecourse

noun hippodrome, course, track, racetrack a tragedy on the racecourse

Translations

racecourse [ˈreɪskɔːs] N → hipódromo m

racecourse [ˈreɪskɔː^rs] n → champ m de courses

racecourse [ˈreɪsˌkɔːs] n → ippodromo

racecourse → حلبة السباق dostihová dráha væddeløbsbane Rennbahn ιππόδρομος hipódromo ravirata champ de courses trkalište ippodromo 競馬場 경주 코스 racebaan veddeløpsbane tor wyścigowy hipódromo трек kapplöpningsbana สนามแข่ง yarış parkuru trường đua ngựa 赛马场

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-drome Aintree backstretch Bois de Boulogne Catterick cinder track circuit course dirt track enclosure Esher flat racing Goodwood inside track national hunt Newbury paceway paddock racetrack	They had gone out together towards Umballa racecourse. Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context If he had reappeared he could not have shown his face in Pall Mall, or on the racecourses, and every moment of his life would be full of humiliations and bitterness. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context I will take no horses back with me to Ithaca, but will leave them to adorn your own stables, for you have much flat ground in your kingdom where lotus thrives, as also meadow-sweet and wheat and barley, and oats with their white and spreading ears; whereas in Ithaca we have neither open fields nor racecourses, and the country is more fit for goats than horses, and I like it the better for that. The Odyssey by Homer View in context	race car Race cloth Race course Race cup race driver Race ginger Race glass race horse Race knife race meeting race murder race norming race off race problem race relations race riot race runner Race saddle Race suicide Race track Race way Raceabout racecar racecar driver racecard racecourse racegoer racehorse Racemate Racemation raceme Racemed racemic racemic acid Racemiferous racemiform racemism racemization racemize racemose Racemous Racemule Racemulose racer racerunner races racetrack racetrack tout racewalking raceway Rach	Race, Ethnicity and Gender Race, Human Race, Human Race, milieu, and moment Race, Negro Race, Negro Race, Religion, and Representation Race, Sex, and National Origin Race-based joke Race-Dezert.com Race-mixer Race-mixer Race-mixer Race-mixer Race-mixing Race-mixing Race-mixing Race-mixing race-normed RACE-PCR Race-walking Race/Track raceabout Raceboard Masters World Championship RACEC racecar Racecar driver racecard racecards Racecars racecourse Racecourses Racecourses raced raced raced raced raced racegoer racegoers racehorse racehorse racehorse Racehorse driving Racehorse driving Racehorse Outplacement Assistance Network Racehorses Racehorses Racehorses Raceland Lower Elementary School racemase racemase racemate racemate racemate racemates racemates racemates Racemation raceme raceme

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-drome
Aintree
backstretch
Bois de Boulogne
Catterick
cinder track
circuit
course
dirt track
enclosure
Esher
flat racing
Goodwood
inside track
national hunt
Newbury
paceway
paddock
racetrack

They had gone out together towards Umballa racecourse.

Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

If he had reappeared he could not have shown his face in Pall Mall, or on the racecourses, and every moment of his life would be full of humiliations and bitterness.

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

I will take no horses back with me to Ithaca, but will leave them to adorn your own stables, for you have much flat ground in your kingdom where lotus thrives, as also meadow-sweet and wheat and barley, and oats with their white and spreading ears; whereas in Ithaca we have neither open fields nor racecourses, and the country is more fit for goats than horses, and I like it the better for that.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

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