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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-land

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables
hard--land
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it does not survive the landing mostly or entirely intact and is unusable or unable to operate, even briefly, following touchdown.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

hard-lands (present, singular) hard-landing (participle, present) hard-landed (participle, past) hard-landed (past) hard land (alternative)

Phrases

hard landing

Frequently Paired Words

soft-land

Questions

What does hard-land mean?
To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it does not survive the landing mostly or entirely intact and is unusable or unable to operate, even briefly, following touchdown.

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