Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sports arena with a banked oval track for bicycle and motorcycle racing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A race-course for bicycles and the like.
- noun A hollow cone (or frustum of a cone) of thin boards or slats, within which a bicycle-rider exhibits feats of riding and dynamic support of the weight of wheel and rider.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An indoor
arena , having anoval banked track forbicycle racing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The new Indira Gandhi velodrome is fast, and officials listened to riders’ comments and turned down the air conditioning to allow for more optimum racing conditions.
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The velodrome is the first major Olympic venue to be completed and is favourite to win with odds of 2/1 at William Hill.
Stirling prize shortlist reflects new austerity in architecture 2011
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Most people have never heard of one, or ever seen one, but a velodrome is a sight worth seeing.
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Most people have never heard of one, or ever seen one, but a velodrome is a sight worth seeing.
Maria Rodale: Organic Food at the Bicycle Races! Maria Rodale 2010
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Most people have never heard of one, or ever seen one, but a velodrome is a sight worth seeing.
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This is why I think anyone riding a bike without brakes outside a velodrome is the epitome of imbecile.
Bite Your Tongue: Roadie Rage, and How to Avoid It BikeSnobNYC 2008
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The velodrome will be a community facility run by Lee Valley Leisure, so British Cycling won't be directly benefiting financially from it's use.
The Guardian World News Richard Williams 2011
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The velodrome is another venue to deliver huge carbon savings, says Mr Stubbs
BBC News - Home 2011
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The velodrome is the first major Olympic venue to be completed and is favourite to win with odds of 2/1 at William Hill.
The Guardian World News Robert Booth 2011
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The ride at the velodrome is the third of 16 "spokes" or rides on the 2010 wheel, with another spoke set for Sept. 12 in Hersey and Sept. 13 at the Penn State Cancer Center
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