landing field
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈlændɪŋ fiːld/
- Specialized
:
campo de aterrizaje
- The small aircraft safely touched down on the landing field after a long flight.
Examples
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We get our first (and only temporary) clear glimpse of the designated landing field, a relatively smooth, unobstructed plane on the asteroid's surface.
Fiction book (1998) -
We overshot our landing field.
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Are we south or east of the landing field?
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Guys, are we south or east of the landing field?
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I want the weather on every available landing field.
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If we're delayed, simply wait at the landing field.
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But at least there was a landing field, no matter how primitive.
Fiction book (1999) -
The only other person I could find was a mechanic working on a helicopter on the landing field.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sunlight on the open landing field was dazzling.
Fiction book (2000) -
It circled once and came down on the broad landing field downhill from the camp.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
137
3.4
A long flat surface where planes take off and land
98
3.6
A flat area where planes take off and land
79
3.8
An area of land where planes take off and land without full airport services
55
7.4
A simple airfield with few or no airport facilities
39
3.5
A short area of ground where small planes land and take off
8
3.5
A short, simple runway where small planes land and take off
1
8.4
An airport with a runway, control tower, and hangars for planes
An area of land where small planes take off and land
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area of land prepared for aircraft to take off and land' is directly and transparently built from 'landing' (the act of descending onto a surface) combined with 'field' (an open area/place), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This noun-noun composition and the literal relation are common cross-linguistically and follow regular English compounding patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Landing field comes from early flying, when pilots used a simple field for landing and 'take off'. Because these places were just grassy open areas and not built like big 'airports', the term now means a smaller prepared place for aircraft.