MEANING
A level platform between flights of stairs or at the point where stairs meet a floor.
Use it for
pauses on stairs; encounters outside rooms; interrupted climbsCreate a natural stopping point within vertical movement.
Words that belong together
- first-floor landing
- half landing
- narrow landing
On the page
He set the suitcase down on the landing to catch his breath.
Three bedroom doors opened onto the same narrow landing.
At the half landing, the staircase turned out of sight.
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Related words
Word forms
- Base
- landing
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Architectural sense, not arrival by aircraft or boat; may offer only a small turning space. Count noun: landings.
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