We found 21 dictionaries that define the word holding pattern:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

1. holding pattern: Merriam-Webster
2. holding pattern: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. holding pattern: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
4. holding pattern: Collins English Dictionary
5. holding pattern: Vocabulary.com
6. holding pattern: Wiktionary
7. holding pattern: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
8. holding pattern: Infoplease Dictionary
9. holding pattern: Dictionary.com
10. Holding Pattern, Holding pattern: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
11. holding pattern: Rhymezone
12. holding pattern: FreeDictionary.org
13. holding pattern: Mnemonic Dictionary
14. holding pattern: TheFreeDictionary.com
15. holding pattern: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

16. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

17. holding pattern: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

18. holding pattern: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

19. holding-pattern: Chapters in the Sky

(Note: See holding_patterns as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (holding pattern) ▸ noun:  (aviation) A path taken by an aircraft waiting to land. ▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Any failure to advance; useless or unproductive activity. Similar: flow control, glide path, approach, glidepath, airway, flight path, flightpath, autolanding, airstop, balked landing, more... Opposite: progress, advancement, forward movement, development, improvement Adjectives: airlifted, jet set, airborne, flight, touch-and-go, airdropped, clean, in-flight, hold, commercial, metal ▸ Words similar to holding pattern ▸ Usage examples for holding pattern ▸ Idioms related to holding pattern ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near holding pattern ▸ Rhymes of holding pattern ▸ Invented words related to holding pattern