Meaning & use

Landside

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The area of an airport open to the public before security screening, as opposed to the restricted airside area; also, the part of a plow that presses against the unplowed ground.

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Passengers can meet family and grab a coffee in the landside terminal.

The plow's landside wore down after years of cutting through rocky soil.

A note on using this word

"Landside" is most familiar today from airport terminology, marking the boundary before security checkpoints.

Words with an opposite meaning

airside

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