Definitions for landingˈlæn dɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

land•ingˈlæn dɪŋ(n.)

  1. the act of a person or thing that lands.

  2. a place where persons or goods are landed.

  3. the level floor between flights of stairs or at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.

    Category: Architecture

Origin of landing:

1400–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. landing(noun)

    an intermediate platform in a staircase

  2. landing, landing place(noun)

    structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

  3. landing(noun)

    the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)

    "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"

  4. landing(noun)

    the act of coming to land after a voyage

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. landing(noun)ˈlæn dɪŋ

    the act or process of bringing a plane down to land

    a smooth/bumpy landing

  2. landingˈlæn dɪŋ

    the area at the top of the stairs in a house

    He would sit on the landing crying for his mother.

Wiktionary

  1. landing(Noun)

    corridor

  2. landing(Noun)

    coming to earth, as of an airplane or any descending object

  3. landing(Noun)

    an in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase

  4. landing(Noun)

    a place on a shoreline where a boat lands

Webster Dictionary

  1. Landing(u)

    of Land

  2. Landing(adj)

    of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore

  3. Landing(noun)

    a going or bringing on shore

  4. Landing(noun)

    a place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc

  5. Landing(noun)

    the level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another


Translations for landing

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

landing(noun)

(an act of) coming or bringing to shore or to ground

an emergency landing; (also adjective) a landing place.

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