LANDING PLACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does landing place mean? 

• LANDING PLACE (noun)
  The noun LANDING PLACE has 1 sense:

1. structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

  Familiarity information: LANDING PLACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANDING PLACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

landing; landing place

Hypernyms ("landing place" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Meronyms (parts of "landing place"):

landing stage (platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "landing place"):

dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)

Holonyms ("landing place" is a part of...):

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo)

 Context examples 

She opened the door and met Maria in the landing place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out—Oh, my dear Eliza! pray make haste and come into the dining-room, for there is such a sight to be seen!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)