Meaning & use
plane landing strip
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Meaning
nouncountable
A narrow strip of ground or a short runway where planes can land and take off.
Grammar: Countable noun; plural is plane landing strips.
Patterns
- a plane landing strip
- on the plane landing strip
The small plane used a grass plane landing strip near the village.
They built a new plane landing strip for emergency services.
The pilot guided the aircraft onto the plane landing strip.
Word forms
| plural | plane landing strips |
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Common combinations
- grass landing strip
- The grass landing strip was too short for large planes.
- emergency landing strip
- The helicopter landed on an emergency landing strip.
- paved landing strip
- The paved landing strip allowed planes to land in all weather.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- landing strip noun
- The shortened form, meaning the same thing.
Commonly confused: plane landing strip or runway?
plane landing strip vs runway
Runway is typically a large, paved strip at an airport; a landing strip is often smaller and may be unpaved.
Practice
What is a 'plane landing strip'?
Choose one answer.
A plane landing strip is a strip of ground for planes to land and take off. It is not a storage area, a tool, or a type of plane.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “plane landing strip”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.