seaplane
12
4.3
- noun
- /ˈsiːpleɪn/
:
hidroavión
- The seaplane took off smoothly, its floats gliding effortlessly over the surface of the water.
Examples
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Bill pulls the throttle, and the seaplane lifts, struggles, and soars free.
Academic text (2009) -
Two seaplanes flew over the shipping lanes as the storm abated.
Fiction book (1995) -
Make a normal seaplane approach.
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What is most disturbing is that there may be plans for increased seaplane traffic next year.
Blog text (29) -
There's a small seaplane approaching your island .
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I doubt very much that a seaplane pilot can see a swimmer's head from the air while landing.
Blog text (29) -
I saw seaplanes landing in the general area the photo depicts throughout the summer.
Blog text (29) -
In 1911, the first experiments with seaplanes began.
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Seaplane traffic in upper Cook Inlet is primarily based out of Lake Hood and Spenard Lake.
Academic text (2000) -
Just a day after he won the Schneider, Doolittle set a new world speed record for seaplanes while piloting a Curtiss R3C-2.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
2
7.5
A large plane with a body like a boat that lets it land on and float on water
1
6.8
A small airplane with floats that takes off and lands on water
1
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
A plane that can take off and land on water and land
An airplane that can take off from and land on both water and land
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seaplane is made from the words sea 'large area of water' and plane 'airplane', so it literally means an aircraft that can take off from and land on water.