Words Like FLOAT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to FLOAT.
35 Alternative Words Similar to float
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Refloat
Verb Hyponym
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Pontoon
Noun Hyponym
4 examples of float
1
The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
2
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
3
the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
4
the boat drifted on the lake
10 definitions of float
1
Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the liquid surface, or mark the place of, something.
2
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
3
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
4
The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
5
Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
6
The hollow, metallic ball which floats on the fuel in the fuel tank of a vehicle to indicate the level of the fuel surface, and thus the amount of fuel remaining.
7
A hollow elongated tank mounted under the wing of a seaplane which causes the plane to float when resting on the surface of the water.
8
A float board. See Float board (below).
9
A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
10
The act of flowing; flux; flow.