/ Dictionary / Index L landing: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: land•ing Pronunciation: (lan'ding), [key] — n. the act of a person or thing that lands: The pilot brought his plane in for a landing. a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship: The boat moored at the landing. a platform between flights of stairs. the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs. the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell. the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: landing (Thesaurus) landholder landing card Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tenacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language