racecourse

race·course

noun \ˈrās-ˌkȯrs\

Definition of RACECOURSE

1

: a course for racing

2

: raceway 1

Examples of RACECOURSE

1. <fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill>

First Known Use of RACECOURSE

1764

Related to RACECOURSE

Synonyms: aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, channel, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Related Words: millrace, millstream; floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; swash, tideway, torrent; gutter, trough; river, rivulet, stream

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Rhymes with RACECOURSE

clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse