landing

noun [C] (PLANE/BOAT)

/ˈlæn.dɪŋ/

Definition

B2 the fact of an aircraft arriving on the ground or a boat reaching land: One person has died after the pilot of a light aircraft was forced to make a crash/emergency landing in a field.Arriving and departing by boat or shipTravelling by aircraftAviationMovement through the air

(Definition of landing noun (PLANE/BOAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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