Seaplane

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydro-aeroplane \Hy"dro-a"["e]r*o*plane`\ (A["e]ronautics)
     An a["e]roplane with a boatlike or other understructure that
     enables it to travel on, or to rise from the surface of, a
     body of water by its own motive power; -- now usually
     referred to as a {seaplane}. [obsolescent]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seaplane
       n : an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the
           designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest
           hydroplane" [syn: {hydroplane}]
       v : glide on the water in a hydroplane [syn: {hydroplane}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "seaplane":
     aeroboat, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, amphibian, balloon,
     be airborne, boat seaplane, clipper, cruise, drift, ferry, flit,
     floatplane, fly, flying boat, glide, hop, hover, hydroplane, jet,
     navigate, sail, sailplane, soar, take the air, take wing, volplane,
     waterplane, wing