landing
noun /ˈlændɪŋ/
/ˈlændɪŋ/
- [countable, uncountable] an act of bringing an aircraft or a spacecraft down to the ground after a journey
- a perfect/smooth/safe landing
- the first Apollo moon landing
- The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing.
- a landing site
- the first successful lunar landing
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bumpy
- hard
- rough
- …
- make
- area
- site
- strip
- …
enlarge image[countable] the area at the top of a set of stairs where you arrive before you go into an upstairs room or move onto another set of stairs- Go up to the first-floor landing and it’s the door on the right.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1- The room opens off the landing.
- There's a phone on the landing outside your room.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first-floor
- second-floor
- etc.
- …
- off the landing
- on the landing
- [countable] an act of bringing soldiers to land in an area that is controlled by the enemy
- (British English also landing stage)[countable] a flat wooden platform on the water where boats let people get on and off, and load and unload goods synonym jetty
