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holding |
holding cell |
holding company |
holding device |
holding paddock |
holding pattern
| holding pen
| holding yard
| holdings
| holdout
| holdover
holding pattern
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun holding pattern has 2 senses
- holding pattern(n = noun.state) Array - a state of inaction with no progress and no change; "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment" is a kind of inaction, inactiveness, inactivity
- holding pattern(n = noun.location) Array - the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land; Array is a kind of air lane, airway, flight path, skyway
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