landing strip
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of landing strip
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The landing strip was muddy so instead they landed on the beach, doing a fly-over first to scare off any penguins.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
The crowd gathered along the skydiving resort’s landing strip roared.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
On Sunday, the 44-year-old captain met the same fate as her husband when the propeller plane she was co-piloting crashed near the landing strip in Pokhara, a vacation destination.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
“Think of it like an airport with a grass landing strip, versus an airport with a concrete runway,” Mueller said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
The problem was that there was nowhere at Pochala for planes with food and supplies to land, no landing strip.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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