floatplane
noun
float·plane ˈflōt-ˌplān 
: a seaplane supported on the water by one or more floats
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The floatplane crashed in Puget Sound on Sunday, and on Monday the USCG suspended its active search for the missing individuals. 
al, 9 Sep. 2022 The floatplane crashed in Puget Sound on Sunday, and on Monday the USCG suspended its active search for the missing individuals. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 The Coast Guard on Tuesday released the names of the passengers and the pilot who are presumed dead after a charter floatplane crashed Sunday near Seattle. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 One person was dead and missing, including a child, after a floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Puget Sound in Washington state, the U.S. Coast Guard said. CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 As the episode wraps up, Mel gets her getaway plans back on track when Preacher calls in the man brigade to help Jack finish painting, gently shooing him off to get on a floatplane with Mel to take them to Whispering Rock Island. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022 From King Salmon, bear watchers catch a small floatplane for the 25-minute flight to Brooks Camp for a mandatory orientation by park rangers. Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022 Elsewhere in the state over the weekend, another floatplane — at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska — also crashed on takeoff. Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022 Midway through the 45-minute flight to Pegati, Wilson brought the de Havilland Beaver (the workhorse floatplane of Alaska) into a low bank turn over the Eek Valley. Chris Santella, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021 See More
al, 9 Sep. 2022 The floatplane crashed in Puget Sound on Sunday, and on Monday the USCG suspended its active search for the missing individuals. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 The Coast Guard on Tuesday released the names of the passengers and the pilot who are presumed dead after a charter floatplane crashed Sunday near Seattle. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 One person was dead and missing, including a child, after a floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Puget Sound in Washington state, the U.S. Coast Guard said. CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 As the episode wraps up, Mel gets her getaway plans back on track when Preacher calls in the man brigade to help Jack finish painting, gently shooing him off to get on a floatplane with Mel to take them to Whispering Rock Island. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022 From King Salmon, bear watchers catch a small floatplane for the 25-minute flight to Brooks Camp for a mandatory orientation by park rangers. Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022 Elsewhere in the state over the weekend, another floatplane — at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska — also crashed on takeoff. Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022 Midway through the 45-minute flight to Pegati, Wilson brought the de Havilland Beaver (the workhorse floatplane of Alaska) into a low bank turn over the Eek Valley. Chris Santella, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above