landing strip
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of landing strip
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The crowd gathered along the skydiving resort’s landing strip roared.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
The twin-engine propeller plane she was co-piloting crashed about a mile from the landing strip at a newly built airport in Pokhara, a Himalayan 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
A long stretch of calm water was all the landing strip this behemoth needed to reach populous seaports in the United States and Europe or exotic destinations like Honolulu, Fiji and Java.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
“Dad is making a landing strip for his new plane and he wants me to help him build a bomb shelter.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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