landing
an intermediate platform in a staircase
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,691 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 50,213 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an intermediate platform in a staircase
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods also: landing place
- the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) the plane made a smooth landinghis landing on his feet was catlike
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
landing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Calhoun jockeyed the Med Ship to position for a landing call.
Ribbon in the sky · Murray Leinster · Chapter 1
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It was upon this point that the Swedes made their landing.
Once Upon a Time in Delaware · Katharine Pyle · Chapter 1
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All incoming Squadrons exercise extreme care in landing; visibility practically nil, owing to smoke.
Day of Wrath · Bjarne Kirchhoff · Chapter 1
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In haste they rushed to the landing, but in response to calls and knocking on the door there was no reply.
The North Shore Mystery · Henry Fletcher · Chapter 1
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Michael braced himself for the performance after these choked and muffled rehearsals, and went boldly out on to the stone landing.
Sinister Street, Vol. 2 · Compton MacKenzie · Chapter 1