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seaplane carrier

seaplane carrier noun: a type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.

Noun

seaplane carrier (plural seaplane carriers)

  1. A type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.

Forms of seaplane carrier

pluralseaplane carriers

Questions about seaplane carrier

What does seaplane carrier mean?
Seaplane carrier means a type of warship, a form of seaplane tender and an early variety of aircraft carrier, which carries seaplanes onboard, and can launch and retrieve them, as well as tend to them.
What part of speech is seaplane carrier?
Seaplane carrier is a noun.
What is the plural of seaplane carrier?
The plural of seaplane carrier is seaplane carriers.

Words near seaplane carrier in the dictionary

  1. seaperch
  2. seaperches
  3. seapiece
  4. seapieces
  5. seaplane
  6. seaplane carrier
  7. seaplane carriers
  8. seaplane tender
  9. seaplane tenders
  10. seaplanes
  11. seapoose

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