| record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
| track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
| fast track | a rapid means of achieving a goal, they saw independence as the fast track to democracy, he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder, the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped |
finale
close
closing curtain
finis | the concluding part of any performance |
| curtain raiser | any preliminary activity |
| track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
track
running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track |
branch line
spur track
spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line |
| cinder track | a racetrack paved with fine cinders |
curtain
drape
drapery
mantle pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) |
| curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
| dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
| laugh track | prerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television show |
racetrack
racecourse
raceway track | a course over which races are run |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
| safety curtain | a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire |
| shower curtain | a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area |
theater curtain
theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience, rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance |
track
cart track
cartroad | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |
track rail rails
runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
| track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels |
| track | a groove on a phonograph recording |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
track caterpillar track
caterpillar tread | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground |
tramline
tramway
streetcar track | the track on which trams or streetcars run |
| inside track | a favorable position in a competition, the boss's son had the inside track for that job |
| iron curtain | an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy, used by Winston Churchill in to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries |
| bamboo curtain | an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the s and s |
lead
track
trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution, the police are following a promising lead, the trail led straight to the perpetrator |
| cut track | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc, he played the first cut on the cd, the title track of the album |
| curtain lecture | a private lecture to a husband by his wife |
| curtain raiser | a short play presented before the main play |
bow
curtain call | an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience |
opening
opening night
curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
| track meet | a track and field competition between two or more teams |
| track event | a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) |
| curtain | any barrier to communication or vision, a curtain of secrecy, a curtain of trees |
| inside track | the inner side of a curved racecourse |
path
track
course | a line or route along which something travels or moves, the hurricane demolished houses in its path, the track of an animal, the course of the river |
| track star | a star runner |
broad-leaved plantain common plantain
white-man's foot
whiteman's foot
cart-track plant
Plantago major | common European perennial naturalized worldwide, a troublesome weed |
| track-to-track seek time | (computer science) the time it takes for a read
write head to move to an adjacent data track |
| keep track | keep informed of fully aware, I keep track of the stock market developments |
| lose track | fail to keep informed or aware, She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume |
hunt
run hunt down
track down | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals), Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland, The dogs are running deer, The Duke hunted in these woods |
| track | make tracks upon |
traverse
track cover
cross
pass over get over
get across
cut through
cut across | travel across or pass over, The caravan covered almostmiles each day |