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racecourse

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race·course  (rskôrs, -krs)
n. Sports
A course laid out for racing.

racecourse [ˈreɪsˌkɔːs]
n
(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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.racecourseracecourse - a course over which races are run    
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] Nhipódromo m

racecourse [ˈreɪskɔːrs] nchamp m de courses

racecourse [ˈreɪsˌkɔːs] nippodromo
racecourse [ˈreɪsˌkɔːs] nippodromo

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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They had gone out together towards Umballa racecourse.
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.
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.
 
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