: an airplane designed to take off from and land on the water
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Seaborne, which operates a seaplane service in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is also flying under court protection.—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025 The tag features palm trees, a parrot, sandals on the beach and a seaplane floating in the waters amid a sunset.—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025 The boys are in their late teens, and Jeff, who dreams of becoming a filmmaker, is eager to ingratiate himself with Blake, who will pick them up in a seaplane and take them to the lodge.—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2025 The three-bedroom, four-bathroom house stretches more than 300 feet across Lake Washington’s waterfront has a dock that supports boats and seaplanes.—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaplane
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