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Noun: touchdown  'túch,dawn
  1. (American football) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
     
  2. A landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes
Verb: touch down  túch dawn
  1. Come or bring (a plane) to a landing
    "the plane touched down at noon"

Derived forms: touched down, touchdowns, touching down, touches down

See also: touch

Type of: land, landing, score, set down

Encyclopedia: Touchdown, Army

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