LANDING GEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does landing gear mean? 

• LANDING GEAR (noun)
  The noun LANDING GEAR has 1 sense:

1. an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground

  Familiarity information: LANDING GEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANDING GEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("landing gear" is a kind of...):

undercarriage (framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle)

Meronyms (parts of "landing gear"):

nosewheel (a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "landing gear"):

landing skid (one of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter)

Holonyms ("landing gear" is a part of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)