airportnounAmerican /ˈɛr.pɔrt/ British /ˈeə.pɔːt/plural airportsvery commondefining vocabularya large area where planes regularly leave and arrive, and where people go to begin or end a flightcountable [C]We arrived at the airport two hours before the flight.The taxi dropped us off at the airport.The city's new airport opened last year.Her father picked her up from the airport.Collocationsverb + noun arrive at the airport, leave the airport, drive to the airportnoun + noun airport security, airport staffWord familyairlineairplaneair