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landside

landside adjective: inland; away from the sea.

Adjective

landside (not comparable)

  1. Inland; away from the sea.
  2. In the freely accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.
    • I had to remain landside because I did not have a boarding card.
    • You can relax, or catch up with work, safe in the knowledge that it’s just a few yards to the gate, assuming the lounge is “airside” (not “landside”).2006 October 15, Roger Collis, “Airport Lounge Programs: How to Get In (and How Much They Cost)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2024

Noun

landside (plural landsides)

  1. The flat bottom part of a plough.
  2. The freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.
    Antonyms:
    airside

Antonyms of landside

Forms of landside

plurallandsides

Origin of landside

From land + -side.

Words formed from landside

Questions about landside

What does landside mean?
Landside means inland; away from the sea.
What part of speech is landside?
Landside can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near landside in the dictionary

  1. landship
  2. landships
  3. Landshut
  4. landsick
  5. landsickness
  6. landside
  7. landsider
  8. landsiders
  9. landsides
  10. landsite
  11. landsites

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