touchdown
(noun) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents’ goal line
touchdown
(noun) a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
touchdown (countable and uncountable, plural touchdowns)
(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal)
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Source: Wiktionary
Touch"down`, n. (Football)
Definition: The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal . Safety touchdown. See under Safety.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
