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floatplane

floatplane noun: a seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.

floatplane: a seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water
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Noun

floatplane (plural floatplanes)

  1. A seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
    • Many floatplanes are amphibious and, according to floatplane experts, even the ones that aren't have been operated in and out of grass airstrips in emergencies.1989, Popular Aviation and Aeronautics, page 104
    • I transfer to a small floatplane that will fly me northwest, to Lost Creek, where I’ll stay for the next five days, until another plane can bring me back here.2018, Marieke Nijkamp, Before I Let Go, →ISBN

Forms of floatplane

pluralfloatplanes

Origin of floatplane

From float + plane.

Questions about floatplane

What does floatplane mean?
Floatplane means a seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
What part of speech is floatplane?
Floatplane is a noun.
What is the plural of floatplane?
The plural of floatplane is floatplanes.

Words near floatplane in the dictionary

  1. floatmakers
  2. floatover
  3. floatovers
  4. floatovoltaic
  5. floatovoltaics
  6. floatplane
  7. floatplanes
  8. floats
  9. floats around
  10. floats at
  11. floats someone's boat

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