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floatplane

American  
[floht-pleyn] / ˈfloʊtˌpleɪn /
Or float plane

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.


Etymology

Origin of floatplane

First recorded in 1920–25; float + plane 1

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, just hours after the second flood of historic proportions, I took a ride in a de Havilland Beaver floatplane to tour over the glacier with my family.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024

Crews are responding to a floatplane crash in Lake Sammamish, the Bellevue Fire Department said Friday morning.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Ross Mickel, 47, Lauren Hilty, 39 and their 22-monnth-old son, Remy, were passengers aboard a floatplane that crashed off Whidbey Island Sept. 4.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

‘Smash’ star Megan Hilty’s relatives, including her pregnant sister and brother-in-law, were among 10 victims in a floatplane crash Sunday in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

This week his job was escorting a violent juvenile offender first from Minneapolis to Seattle, then to Ketchikan, Alaska, where they boarded a big silver floatplane to the Tlingit village of Drake.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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