strip
55
7.4
- noun
- /strɪp/
:
pista de aterrizaje
- The landing strip is here, they're expecting you.
- a landing strip
That son has a long big motherfucking landing strip.
- That son has a long big motherfucking landing strip.
Examples
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There's a private landing strip a few miles away.
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The Russian prop jet landed on a rough grass and dirt strip, all intact.
Academic text (2004) -
Built that landing strip out there.
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See for yourself if the landing strip is as tiny as it looks in his pictures.
Fiction book (2001) -
I don't see a landing strip, do you?
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A Land Rover suddenly roared up and down the landing strip, scattering the donkeys who grazed there.
Fiction book (1997) -
The small island has a temporary landing strip for emergencies.
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Pilots often use the grass landing strip when the main runway is closed.
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During the storm, the helicopter landed on a makeshift landing strip near the coast.
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
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
2
3.7
A flat open place where small planes arrive and take off
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
An area of land where small planes take off and land
Antonyms
Compounds
- NSFW
10
6.1
To make someone take off their clothes so police can check for hidden weapons or drugs
8
4.1
A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak
- Specialized
2
6.0
An open area where workers remove earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
- Offensive
1
5.7
A performance where a person slowly removes their clothes to music as a sexual display
- Specialized
1
9.9
A long thin band with a half twist whose ends join to form only one side
- Specialized
1
8.8
A thin strip of wood or metal that makes a flat surface for attaching boards
- Specialized
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
- Jargon
A state when planes and their crews are ready to take off immediately for defense
- Specialized
Long narrow light tubes, often LED or fluorescent, that give even light
- Specialized
Growing crops in narrow strips across a slope to stop soil washing away
- Specialized
A person who removes topsoil and rock with large machines to get coal or minerals
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
How Equipped
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word strip for a landing area comes from the idea of a long, narrow piece of land. So an air strip is a thin stretch of ground where planes can land.