1an instance of coming or bringing something to land, either from the air or from water:we made a perfect landing at the airstrip [mass noun]:the landing of men on the moon
an act of unloading troops in enemy territory as part of a military operation:the D-Day landings
(also landing place) a place where people and goods can be landed from a boat:the ferry landing
2a level area at the top of a staircase or between one flight of stairs and another:he ran across the landing to his bedroom
landing in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of landing in the US English dictionary
