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 .
la nd|ing craft (landing craft ) N‑COUNT A landing craft is a small boat designed for the landing of troops and equipment on the shore.
la nd|ing gear N‑UNCOUNT The landing gear of an aircraft is its wheels and the structures that support the wheels.
la nd|ing stage (landing stages ) also landing-stage N‑COUNT 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 ]
la nd|ing strip (landing strips ) N‑COUNT 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.
land|lady /læ ndle I di/ (landladies )
1 N‑COUNT Someone's landlady is the woman who allows them to live or work in a building which she owns, in return for rent. □ We had been made homeless by our landlady.
2 N‑COUNT The landlady of a pub is the woman who owns or runs it, or the wife of the person who owns or runs it. [BRIT ] □ [+ of ] She became the landlady of a rural pub.
land|less /læ ndləs/ ADJ Someone who is landless is prevented from owning the land that they farm. □ …landless peasants. ● N‑PLURAL The landless are people who are landless. □ We are giving an equal area of land to the landless.
land|line /læ ndla I n/ (landlines ) N‑COUNT A landline is the phone connection that comes into a particular building using cables, rather than a mobile phone connection. □ One in five Britons no longer uses a landline.
land|locked /læ ndlɒkt/ also land-locked ADJ [usu ADJ n] A landlocked country is surrounded by other countries and does not have its own ports. □ …the landlocked West African nation of Mali.
land|lord /læ ndlɔː r d/ (landlords )
1 N‑COUNT Someone's landlord is the man who allows them to live or work in a building which he owns, in return for rent. □ His landlord doubled the rent.
2 N‑COUNT The landlord of a pub is the man who owns or runs it, or the husband of the person who owns or runs it. [mainly BRIT ] □ The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk.
land|lubber /læ ndlʌbə r / (landlubbers ) N‑COUNT A landlubber is someone who is not used to or does not like travelling by boat, and has little knowledge of boats and the sea. [OLD-FASHIONED ]
land|mark /læ ndmɑː r k/ (landmarks )
1 N‑COUNT A landmark is a building or feature which is easily noticed and can be used to judge your position or the position of other buildings or features. □ The Ambassador Hotel is a Los Angeles landmark.
2 N‑COUNT [oft N n] You can refer to an important stage in the development of something as a landmark . □ …a landmark arms control treaty. □ [+ in ] The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship.
la nd mass (land masses ) also landmass N‑COUNT A land mass is a very large area of land such as a continent. □ …the Antarctic landmass. □ [+ of ] …the country's large land mass of 768 million hectares.
land|mine /læ ndma I n/ (landmines ) also land mine N‑COUNT A landmine is an explosive device which is placed on or under the ground and explodes when a person or vehicle touches it.
land|owner /læ ndoʊnə r / (landowners ) N‑COUNT A landowner is a person who owns land, especially a large amount of land. □ …rural communities involved in conflicts with large landowners.
land|owning /læ ndoʊn I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] Landowning is used to describe people who own a lot of land, especially when they are considered as a group within society. □ …the Anglo-Irish landowning class.
la nd re|form (land reforms ) N‑VAR Land reform is a change in the system of land ownership, especially when it involves giving land to the people who actually farm it and taking it away from people who own large areas for profit. □ …the new land reform policy under which thousands of peasant families are to be resettled.
la nd reg|is|try (land registries ) N‑COUNT In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
land|scape ◆◇◇ /læ ndske I p/ (landscapes , landscaping , landscaped )
1 N‑VAR The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants. □ …Arizona's desert landscape. □ [+ of ] We moved to Northamptonshire and a new landscape of hedges and fields.
2 N‑COUNT A landscape is all the features that are important in a particular situation. □ June's events completely altered the political landscape.
3 N‑COUNT A landscape is a painting which shows a scene in the countryside.
4 VERB If an area of land is landscaped , it is changed to make it more attractive, for example by adding streams or ponds and planting trees and bushes. □ [be V -ed] The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl. □ [V n + with ] They had landscaped their property with trees, shrubs, and lawns. □ [V -ed] …a smart suburb of landscaped gardens and wide streets. [Also V n] ● land|scap|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ The landowner insisted on a high standard of landscaping. COLLOCATIONS landscape NOUN
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