landside
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In the freely accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.
noun
The freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.
Example Sentences
- "I had to remain landside because I did not have a boarding card."
- "You can relax, or catch up with work, safe in the knowledge that it’s just a few yards to the gate, assuming the lounge is “airside” (not “landside”)."
- "The airside terminal building will be extended into the landside building, making one large structure, getting rid of the people mover and remodeling the gate areas. It should be completed in 2023."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English landside From land + -side.