Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ground stop

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
ground stop
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The halting of air traffic for a particular airport, with no arrivals allowed and all departures held on the ground.

noun

The cessation of all take-offs for flights meeting particular criteria, such as geographic region, aircraft type, airline, etc, keeping these grounded.

Etymology

From ground + stop.

Inflected Forms

ground stops (plural)

Synonyms

GS

Questions

What does ground stop mean?
The halting of air traffic for a particular airport, with no arrivals allowed and all departures held on the ground.
Where does ground stop come from?
From ground + stop.

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