landing strip

noun

1. airstrip.

landing strip

noun

1. another name for airstrip

Word History and Origins

Origin of landing strip¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Dozens such sections were built during the Cold War for use as emergency landing strips.

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Although this is just the edge of the conflict zone, the area next to the landing strip resembles a wasteland after 15 months of war.

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In 2015, the group claimed to have created the largest graffiti piece in the world — a half mile-wide message reading, “This Land Was Our Land” — on a disused landing strip in California’s Mojave Desert.

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Another 8,059 people -- most of whom lived within fairly close proximity to aircraft landing strips -- were exposed to noise levels that can pose a risk of hearing impairment over time.

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An arrow pointed them down a dirt road to a squat air traffic control tower next to a grass landing strip.

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Related Words

• air base 
• airfield 
• airstrip