holding pattern

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

the route a plane travels in while it is flying above the landing place, waiting for permission to land

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

holding patternEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus holding patternEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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holding pattern