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LANDFALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
