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noun of an aircraft ADJ. abrupt, bumpy | crash, emergency, forced | gentle, safe, smooth, soft VERB + LANDING make The pilot had to make an emergency landing in a field. LANDING + NOUN strip top of a staircase ADJ. first-floor, second-floor, etc. PREP. off the ~ The room opens off the landing. | on the ~ There's a phone on the landing outside your room.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary