SOFT-LAND


Meaning of SOFT-LAND in English

Pronunciation: - ' land

Function: verb

Etymology: back-formation from soft landing

Date: 1960

transitive verb : to cause to make a soft landing on a celestial body (as the moon)

intransitive verb : to make a soft landing

– soft-lander noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.