Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.

    Wasserflugzeug

    гидросамолётgidrosamoljót, гидропла́нgidroplán

    an airplane that can land on or take off from water

Examples

7 sentences
  1. They escaped the island thanks to the seaplane.

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  2. We have a yacht, two helicopters, and a seaplane.

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  3. What specific knowledge is needed to be able to pilot a seaplane?

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  4. The wreckage that the scuba divers found wasn't a ship, but a seaplane.

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  5. If a seaplane could splash down there, we could evacuate the few residents in two hours.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an aircraft:

Origin

From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.

From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.

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Forms

plural: seaplanes
Singularseaplane
Pluralseaplanes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an airplane that can land on or take off from water:hydroplane

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seaplane — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto