LANDFALL
Dictionary entry overview: What does landfall mean? • LANDFALL (noun)
The noun LANDFALL has 2 senses:
1. the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
2. the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Familiarity information: LANDFALL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LANDFALL (noun)
Meaning:
The seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("landfall" is a kind of...):
coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)
Meaning:
The first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("landfall" is a kind of...):
sighting (the act of observing)
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