SEAPLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seaplane mean? 

• SEAPLANE (noun)
  The noun SEAPLANE has 1 sense:

1. an airplane that can land on or take off from water

  Familiarity information: SEAPLANE used as a noun is very rare.

• SEAPLANE (verb)
  The verb SEAPLANE has 1 sense:

1. glide on the water in a hydroplane

  Familiarity information: SEAPLANE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEAPLANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An airplane that can land on or take off from water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydroplane; seaplane

Context example:

the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane

Hypernyms ("seaplane" is a kind of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seaplane"):

floatplane; pontoon plane (a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water)

flying boat (a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons)

Derivation:

seaplane (glide on the water in a hydroplane)

• SEAPLANE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glide on the water in a hydroplane

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hydroplane; seaplane

Hypernyms (to "seaplane" is one way to...):

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

"Seaplane" entails doing...:

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

seaplane (an airplane that can land on or take off from water)