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velodrome

UK/ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: velodromes

A velodrome is a banked oval track built for cycle racing. Race in a velodrome.

The banking is steep enough that a rider must keep moving to stay upright on it. A velodrome is kept warm, because warm air is thinner and the records fall in it.

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Definitions of velodrome

  1. 1nounvelodromeA banked oval track built for cycle racing.C1

    “The velodrome track was two hundred and fifty metres round.”

velodrome is a track.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    vélodrome

  2. English, today

    velodrome

Borrowed from French vélodrome. by surface analysis, velo- + -drome.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Cycling

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velodrome in the wild

  • A velodrome is an arena for track cycling.

    Velodrome

  • Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights.

    Velodrome

  • The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome (cycling stadium) with 2,600 seats.

    Montreal Biodome

  • Hour-record attempts for UCI bikes are made in a velodrome.

    Hour record

  • Dunc Gray Velodrome is a velodrome located at Bass Hill approximately five kilometres north west of the Sydney suburb of Bankstown.

    Dunc Gray Velodrome

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