racetrack

noun

race·​track ˈrās-ˌtrak How to pronounce racetrack (audio)
: a usually oval course for racing

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But just 18 months ago at the same racetrack, Goodyear accidentally struck black gold — just in the form of rubber instead of oil. Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside. Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025 He's run more than 1,000 laps in the new ZR1 and was part of the Corvette engineering team that set new records for an American manufacturer at Germany's famed Nürburgring Nordschleife racetrack. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for racetrack

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of racetrack was circa 1835

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“Racetrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racetrack. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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racetrack

noun
race·​track ˈrā-ˌstrak How to pronounce racetrack (audio)
: a usually oval course on which races are run

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