hydroplane
noun/ˈhaɪdrəpleɪn/
/ˈhaɪdrəpleɪn/
- a light boat with an engine and a flat bottom, designed to travel fast over the surface of water
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- (North American English) (also seaplane British and North American English)a plane that can take off from and land on water
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from hydro- + plane ‘level’.
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