Travel / B2

LAND-ing/ˈlændɪŋ/

A landing is an aircraft coming to the ground, or the floor at the top of a staircase: a crosswind landing; the first-floor landing. Touchdown is the aviation twin; hallway is not the stair platform. Time the landing against the wind data. Mix-up: laundry is washing. Do not call the whole airport a landing.

Meaning

The act of bringing an aircraft to the ground; also the floor at the top of stairs.

Examples

• “The geography clip times the plane’s landing against the crosswind data.”
• “Bags sat on the landing because the loft hatch was jammed, which is the stair sense.”

Good to know

a smooth / emergency landing; a stair landing. Aviation twin: touchdown. Trap: laundry. Geography, physics, and housing. Descent or stair floor — specify.

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