Definition of SEAPLANE

seaplane

Plural: seaplanes

Noun

  • An aircraft designed to take off from and land on water.
  • an airplane that can land on or take off from water
  • Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.

Verb

  • glide on the water in a hydroplane

Examples

  • Playing SEAPLANE allowed him to bridge two distant parts of the Words With Friends board.

Origin / Etymology

From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.

Synonyms

hydroplane

Scrabble Score: 10

seaplane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
seaplane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
seaplane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

seaplane: valid Words With Friends Word