airway: Meaning and Definition of

air•way

1. an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc.
2. a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs.
3. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia.
4. any passage in a mine used for purposes of ventilation; an air course.
5. The news was sent out over the airways immediately.
1. the band of frequencies, taken collectively, used by radio broadcasting stations:The news was sent out over the airways immediately.
2. airwaves.
3. airline (def. 1c).