Synonyms for landing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lan-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæn dɪŋ

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Other synonyms for the word landing

landing place

Définition of landing

Origin : c.1600, place for boats; of stairs, first attested 1789; from present participle of land (v.1).

noun harbor

Example sentences :

When he had reached the first landing, Lizzie called after him.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Fronting the landing place are five trees, among which, he said, the money was hid.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

We had little or no order in landing, each boat pulling as hard as she could.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

They were found to be too strong; and the men, after landing, returned to the vessels.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Such was the penalty for landing two buckets of Liverpool salt at Liverpool!
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

They returned by water, landing at Boston early in the summer.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

The question of landing was worrying Grant at that time and worrying him terribly.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Nodding to the boatman, "The Steen landing—quickly," he said in French.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

The breakers made it impossible that the poor fellows should effect a landing.
Extract from : « Georgie's Present » by Miss Brightwell

In three months' time after landing, I shall be able to do the thing liberally.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

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