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landfall

English

Etymology

land +? fall

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?lænd.f??l/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?lænd.f?l/, /?lænd.f?l/

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

  1. Arrival at the shore by ship.
    We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
    Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
  2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
  3. (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
  4. A landslip.

Derived terms

  • make landfall

Translations

landfall From the web:

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docking

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?k??

Verb

docking

  1. present participle of dock

Noun

docking (plural dockings)

  1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  2. The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
  3. The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  4. (slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
  5. (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.

Translations

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  • what docking station is compatible with hp pavilion
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