Meanings
nounlanding craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)
plural landing crafts
- governmentA type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.
1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207Synonyms: LC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 登陸艇 /登陆艇
- 登陸艇 /登陆艇 (dēnglùtǐng)a type of flat-bottomed boat
Finnish maihinnousualus
- maihinnousualusa type of flat-bottomed boat
French chaland de débarquement
- chaland de débarquementa type of flat-bottomed boat
German Landungsfahrzeug
- Landungsfahrzeuga type of flat-bottomed boat
Greek αποβατικό σκάφος
- αποβατικό σκάφος (apovatikó skáfos)a type of flat-bottomed boat
Hebrew נַחֶתֶת
- נַחֶתֶת (nakhetet)a type of flat-bottomed boat
Polish okręt desantowy
- okręt desantowya type of flat-bottomed boat
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APA
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“landing craft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landing%20craft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landing craft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landing%20craft.
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