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# touchdown

noun (a touchdown, touchdowns)

«touchdown» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A touchdown is the moment when a plane or spacecraft lands on the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#m1)
2. In American and Canadian football, a touchdown is a score made by carrying or catching the ball over the other team's goal line (6 points). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#m2)
3. In rugby, putting the ball down over the line (usually called a try). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in travel and science: touchdown of a plane or of a Moon lander. In sport, especially in the USA and Canada: scoring a touchdown. For maths problems in football, a touchdown is worth 6 points.

### Examples

- The plane made a smooth touchdown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x1)
- He ran 50 yards and scored a touchdown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x2)
- A touchdown is worth six points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x3)
- Touchdown! The rover has landed on Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x4)
- The crowd cheered after the touchdown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x5)
- Our team scored three touchdowns, so we had 18 points from them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/#x6)

### Note

Countable. In rugby people usually say "try" instead. Verb phrase: "touch down" (two words) = to land.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «touchdown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«touchdown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/touchdown.html) on Mova free.