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landing gears

landing gears is the plural of landing gear.

Meaning of landing gear

Noun

landing gear (countable and uncountable, plural landing gears)

  1. The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
    • Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.
    Synonyms:
    undercarriage
  2. (countable) Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
    • Large modern commercial aircraft have a nose landing gear and two main landing gears.
  3. 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.

Questions about landing gears

What is landing gears the plural of?
Landing gears is the plural of landing gear.

Words near landing gears in the dictionary

  1. landing crafts
  2. landing down
  3. landing field
  4. landing fields
  5. landing gear
  6. landing gears
  7. landing in someone's lap
  8. landing net
  9. landing nets
  10. landing on
  11. landing on one's feet

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