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landing stage

        ( landing stages    plural  ) , landing-stage   A landing stage is a platform built over water where boats stop to let people get off, or to load or unload goods.  
  (mainly BRIT)      n-count  
(=jetty, landing)  
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landing     ( landings    plural  )
1       n-count   In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it.  
usu the N in sing  
I ran out onto the landing.     
2       n-var   A landing is an act of bringing an aircraft or spacecraft down to the ground.  
I had to make a controlled landing into the sea..., The plane had been cleared for landing at Brunswick's Glynco Airport.     
3       n-count   When a landing takes place, troops are unloaded from boats or aircraft at the beginning of a military invasion or other operation.  
American forces have begun a big landing.     
4       n-count   A landing is the same as a landing stage.  

landing craft        ( landing craft    plural  ) A landing craft is a small boat designed for the landing of troops and equipment on the shore.      n-count  
landing gear     
The landing gear of an aircraft is its wheels and the structures that support the wheels.      n-uncount  
landing stage        ( landing stages    plural  ) , landing-stage   A landing stage is a platform built over water where boats stop to let people get off, or to load or unload goods.  
  (mainly BRIT)      n-count   (=jetty, landing)  
landing strip        ( landing strips    plural  ) A landing strip is a long flat piece of land from which aircraft can take off and land, especially one used only by private or military aircraft.      n-count  
soft landing        ( soft landings    plural  ) In economics, a soft landing is a situation in which the economy stops growing but this does not produce a recession.      n-count  

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landing

  
1    arrival, coming in, disembarkation, disembarkment, touchdown  
2    jetty, landing stage, platform, quayside  

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