landing
[ lan-ding ]
/ ˈlæn dɪŋ /
noun
the act of a person or thing that lands: The pilot brought his plane in for a landing.
a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship: The boat moored at the landing.
Architecture.
- a platform between flights of stairs.
- the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
Shipbuilding.
- the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell.
- the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.
OTHER WORDS FROM landing
post·land·ing, adjectiveWords nearby landing
Definition for landing (2 of 2)
Origin of land
before 900; Middle English (noun and v.), Old English (noun); cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic
land; akin to Irish
lann, Welsh
llan church (orig. enclosure), Breton
lann heath. See
lawn1
OTHER WORDS FROM land
land·like, adjective re·land, verb un·der·land, nounExample sentences from the Web for landing
British Dictionary definitions for landing (1 of 4)
landing
/ (ˈlændɪŋ) /
noun
- the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage
- (as modifier)landing place
a place of disembarkation
the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs
British Dictionary definitions for landing (2 of 4)
land
/ (lænd) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of land
landless, adjective landlessness, nounWord Origin for land
Old English; compare Old Norse, Gothic
land, Old High German
lant
British Dictionary definitions for landing (3 of 4)
Land
1
/ (lænd) /
noun
Edwin Herbert. 1909–91, US inventor of the Polaroid Land camera
British Dictionary definitions for landing (4 of 4)
Land
2
/ German (lant) /
noun plural Länder (ˈlɛndər)
- any of the federal states of Germany
- any of the provinces of Austria
Idioms and Phrases with landing
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