Words / B2

AIRW-ay/ˈeəweɪ/

An airway is the passage through which air reaches the lungs: a blocked airway; open the airway. It is also a route used by aircraft: a designated airway. Windpipe / trachea is the anatomical twin; corridor is the aviation twin. Keep the airway clear in the first-aid paper. Mix-up: airway vs runway; always; do not write airway for a corridor in a school with no breathing or flight sense.

Meaning

The passage through which air reaches the lungs; also a route used by aircraft.

Examples

• “Keep the airway clear in the first-aid paper; an airway on the chart is a named flight corridor.”
• “Keep the airway clear in the first-aid paper; still name the manoeuvre if given.”
• “An airway on the chart is a named flight corridor, which is the aviation sense — still quote the flight level if asked.”

Good to know

a blocked / clear airway; open the airway; an air-traffic airway. Anatomy twin: trachea. Aviation twin: corridor. Trap: runway. Biology, first aid, and geography. A breathing passage or an aircraft route — specify which.

Near in meaning

trachea, windpipe, corridor

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