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land·ing  (lndng)
n.
1.
a. The act or process of coming to land or rest, especially after a voyage or flight.
b. A termination, especially of a voyage or flight.
2. A site for loading and unloading passengers and cargo.
3.
a. An intermediate platform on a flight of stairs.
b. The area at the top or bottom of a staircase.

landing [ˈlændɪŋ]
n
1.
a.  the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage
b.  (as modifier) landing place
2. a place of disembarkation
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.landing - an intermediate platform in a staircase
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
2.landinglanding - structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
docking facility, dockage, dock - landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"
landing stage - platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
harbor, harbour, seaport, haven - a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
3.landing - the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"
arrival - the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival"
landing approach - the approach to a landing field by an airplane
touchdown - a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes
aircraft landing, airplane landing - landing an aircraft
splashdown - a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight
4.landing - the act of coming to land after a voyage
arrival - the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival"
amphibious landing - a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion; "MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines"
debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

landing
noun
1. coming in, arrival, touchdown, disembarkation, disembarkment I had to make a controlled landing into the sea.
2. platform, jetty, quayside, landing stage take the bus to the landing
Translations
landing [ˈlændɪŋ]
A. N
1. (Aer) [of aircraft, spacecraft] (on land) → aterrizaje m; (on sea) → amerizaje m, amarizaje m; (on moon) → alunizaje m
see also crash E
see also emergency B
see also forced A2
2. (Mil) [of troops] → desembarco m
the Normandy landings (Hist) → los desembarcos de Normandía
3. (Archit) (in house) → descansillo m, rellano m
B. CPD landing card Ntarjeta f de desembarque
landing craft Nlancha f de desembarco
landing field Ncampo m de aterrizaje
landing gear N (Aer) → tren m de aterrizaje
landing ground Ncampo m de aterrizaje
landing lights NPLluces fpl de aterrizaje
landing net N (Fishing) → salabardo m, manga f, cuchara f
landing party N (Naut) → destacamento m de desembarco
landing run Nrecorrido m de aterrizaje
landing stage N (Naut) → desembarcadero m
landing strip N (Aer) → pista f de aterrizaje
landing wheels NPL (Aer) → ruedas fpl de aterrizaje

landing [ˈlændɪŋ] n
(from ship)débarquement m
(from plane)atterrissage m
[staircase] → palier m
landing card ncarte f de débarquement
landing craft npéniche f de débarquement
landing gear ntrain m d'atterrissage
landing stage n (British) (when getting off)débarcadère m; (when getting on)embarcadère m
landing strip npiste f d'atterrissage

landing
n
(Naut) (of person)Landung f; (of ship)Anlegen nt, → Landung f; (of goods)Löschen nt
(Aviat) → Landung f
(on stairs, inside house) → Flur m, → Gang m; (outside flat door) → Treppenabsatz m; (corridor outside flat doors) → Gang m, → Etagenabsatz m

landing:
landing approach
n (Aviat) → Landeanflug m
landing card
nEinreisekarte f
landing craft
nLandungsboot nt
landing field
nLandeplatz m
landing gear
nFahrgestell nt
landing net
nKäscher m, → Kescher m
landing party
nLandetrupp m
landing place
n (Naut) → Anlegeplatz m
landing stage
n (Naut) → Landesteg m, → Landungsbrücke f
landing strip
nLandebahn f
landing wheels
pl(Lauf)räder pl

landing [ˈlændɪŋ] n
a. (of aircraft) → atterraggio; (of troops) → sbarco
b. (in house) → pianerottolo

landing [ˈlændɪŋ] n
a. (of aircraft) → atterraggio; (of troops) → sbarco
b. (in house) → pianerottolo

landing هبوط odpočívadlo landing Landung προσγείωση aterrizaje porrastasanne palier slijetanje atterraggio 踊り場 층계 꼭대기의 마루 landing landing lądowanie patamar приземление landning การนำเครื่องบิน merdiven başı chiếu nghỉ 着陆


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Dawson's Landing was a slaveholding town, with a rich, slave-worked grain and pork country back of it.
At the end of a long twelve or fifteen minutes the wheels stopped, and Tom slipped overboard and swam ashore in the dusk, landing fifty yards down- stream, out of danger of possible stragglers.
There were four Musketeers on the bottom steps, amusing themselves with the following exercise, while ten or twelve of their comrades waited upon the landing place to take their turn in the sport.
 
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