Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

landing gear

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: land-ing gear
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.

Countable

noun

The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration."
"Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear"
"The comparison between the tricycle and tail-skid type of landing gears is a case in point."
"Large modern commercial aircraft have a nose landing gear and two main landing gears."

Usage

Inflected Forms

landing gears (plural)

Phrases

bicycle landing gear quadricycle landing gear tandem landing gear tricycle landing gear

Frequently Paired Words

pontoon

Synonyms

undercarriage

Questions

What does landing gear mean?: The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.

How to pronounce landing gear

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