floatplane
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈfloʊtˌpleɪn/
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hidroavión
- Everything comes in by boat or floatplane.
- floatplane ride
- accessible only by floatplane
- take a floatplane
Examples
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His photo trips have included summer visits to alpine regions to scout for places to shoot after the snow falls, and commissions for a new air charter company to shoot floatplanes ferrying tourists to Tasmania.
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And kids really like floatplanes.
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Even our floatplane had trouble finding this place.
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The noise of the floatplane had long since faded into the distance, and the only neighbors lived several kilometers away.
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Floatplanes are different from commercial airliners.
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They often sat there for hours, watching the floatplanes take off and land on the Chena.
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We declined—floatplanes are billed by the hour—but she did give us directions.
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She had automatically looked up for a bush plane and had momentarily visualized herself sitting at the Riverside, having a beer while floatplanes landed on the Chena and the mosquitoes buzzed like friendly visitors around her head.
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We took a scenic tour in a floatplane over the beautiful lake.
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The floatplane landed smoothly on the water after a thrilling flight.
Synonyms
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4.3
A plane that takes off from and lands on water
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7.9
An aircraft that takes off from and lands on water
A plane with floats that lets it land and take off from water
How Seaworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Floatplane combines float, meaning 'to stay on water', and plane, short for 'airplane'. So a floatplane is an airplane with floats instead of wheels, which lets it take off from and land on water.