landing
land|ing /l'ændɪŋ/ (landings)
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it.
I ran out onto the landing.
2 [N-VAR]
A landing is an act of bringing an aircraft or spacecraft down to the ground.
I had to make a controlled landing into the sea...
The plane had been cleared for landing at Brunswick's Glynco Airport.
3 [N-COUNT]
When a landing takes place, troops are unloaded from boats or aircraft at the beginning of a military invasion or other operation.
American forces have begun a big landing.
4 [N-COUNT]
A landing is the same as a landing stage.land|ing craft (landing craft)
[N-COUNT]
A landing craft is a small boat designed for the landing of troops and equipment on the shore.land|ing gear
[N-UNCOUNT]
The landing gear of an aircraft is its wheels and the structures that support the wheels.land|ing stage (landing stages)
also landing-stage
[N-COUNT]
A landing stage is a platform built over water where boats stop to let people get off, or to load or unload goods. (mainly BRIT)
= jetty, landingland|ing strip (landing strips)
[N-COUNT]
A landing strip is a long flat piece of land from which aircraft can take off and land, especially one used only by private or military aircraft.soft land|ing (soft landings)
[N-COUNT]
In economics, a soft landing is a situation in which the economy stops growing but this does not produce a recession.
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it.
I ran out onto the landing.
2 [N-VAR]
A landing is an act of bringing an aircraft or spacecraft down to the ground.
I had to make a controlled landing into the sea...
The plane had been cleared for landing at Brunswick's Glynco Airport.
3 [N-COUNT]
When a landing takes place, troops are unloaded from boats or aircraft at the beginning of a military invasion or other operation.
American forces have begun a big landing.
4 [N-COUNT]
A landing is the same as a landing stage.land|ing craft (landing craft)
[N-COUNT]
A landing craft is a small boat designed for the landing of troops and equipment on the shore.land|ing gear
[N-UNCOUNT]
The landing gear of an aircraft is its wheels and the structures that support the wheels.land|ing stage (landing stages)
also landing-stage
[N-COUNT]
A landing stage is a platform built over water where boats stop to let people get off, or to load or unload goods. (mainly BRIT)
= jetty, landingland|ing strip (landing strips)
[N-COUNT]
A landing strip is a long flat piece of land from which aircraft can take off and land, especially one used only by private or military aircraft.soft land|ing (soft landings)
[N-COUNT]
In economics, a soft landing is a situation in which the economy stops growing but this does not produce a recession.