landing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
landing/ˈlandɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the process of coming to or bringing something to land.
- 2 a place where people and goods can be landed from a boat.
- 3 a level area at the top of a staircase or between flights of stairs.
'landing' also found in these Oxford entries:
airfield
- airstrip
- alley-oop
- amtrac
- arrester
- assemblé
- beachhead
- bellyflop
- brisé
- brow
- dispute
- ditch
- flight deck
- forced landing
- gaff
- go-around
- ground control
- half landing
- hard landing
- helipad
- heliport
- ILS
- jetty
- jump
- landing craft
- landing gear
- landing stage
- let
- levee
- mat
- pad
- pancake
- pancake landing
- pier
- pontoon
- revetment
- roll-out
- sauté
- skid
- ski plane
- skydiving
- sky surfing
- slipway
- soft landing
- spar
- stairhead
- staithe
- STOL
- taxi
