Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of aircraft designed to take off from and land on water: A seaplane is an airplane equipped with floats or a hull that allows it to operate from a body of water instead of a runway.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The seaplane landed smoothly on the lake.
  • We took a scenic tour of the islands in a seaplane.
  • Early transoceanic flights were often made by seaplanes.

Advanced Usage

• "Flying boat": A specific type of seaplane where the main fuselage is also a hull, allowing it to float.
  • The historic flying boat was a large seaplane used for passenger travel across oceans.
• "Floatplane": A seaplane that uses separate pontoons or floats for buoyancy.
  • The floatplane taxied away from the dock before taking off.

Variants and Related Words

• Hydroplane (noun): Another term for a seaplane, though it can also refer to a fast motorboat.
• Amphibious aircraft (noun): An aircraft that can operate from both land and water, a more advanced variant of a seaplane.

Synonyms

• Waterplane
• Flying boat (for the hull-based type)

Related Phrases

• To seaplane (verb, rare/technical): The act of operating or traveling by seaplane.
  • They decided to seaplane to the remote fishing lodge.

Noun

1. an airplane that can land on or take off from water
   • the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane

Verb

1. glide on the water in a hydroplane