floatable

[ floh-tuh-buhl ]

/ ˈfloʊ tə bəl /

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adjective

capable of floating; that can be floated.

that can be floated on, as a river.

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Origin of floatable

First recorded in 1820–30; float + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM floatable

float·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·float·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby floatable

flitter, flittermouse, flivver, Flo, float, floatable, floatage, floatation, floatboard, float bowl, float bridge

How to use floatable in a sentence

Hanging from the ceiling, there’s a floatable bike that’s suspended above four pontoons, so a rider would pedal just above the water’s surface.
The power of simple innovations|Saima May Sidik, SM ’21|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
And so, in everything floatable, the whole male population of that part of the coast came to visit us.
The Cruise of the Cachalot|Frank T. Bullen
After a good deal of trouble we got our boat launched, and, though leaking a bit, it was in a floatable state.
Chats on Angling|H. V. Hart-Davis
If we cast our eyes lakewards we became conscious that we were bipeds requiring something floatable to bear us over the water.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley