"landing craft" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: landing crafts [plural], landing craft [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|landing craft}} landing craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)
  1. (nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea. Categories (topical): Military, Nautical Related terms: landing platform dock (alt: LPD), landing ship, amphibious assault ship Translations (a type of flat-bottomed boat): 登陸艇 /登陆艇 (dēnglùtǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), maihinnousualus (Finnish), chaland de débarquement (French), Landungsfahrzeug [neuter] (German), αποβατικό σκάφος (apovatikó skáfos) [neuter] (Greek), נַחֶתֶת (nakhetet) [feminine] (Hebrew), okręt desantowy [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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