flying boat

noun

: a seaplane with a hull designed for floating

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Two sea planes took off that night in search of Flight 19, though one of those flying boats also vanished from radar, and its 13-member crew went missing. — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2025 In the ensuing decades, floatplanes and flying boats went through a period of rapid development opening up a world of travel exploration. — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 9 July 2025 Between world wars, Pan Am used the airport for takeoffs and landings of its famous flying boats, the Clippers, eventually leading to the groundbreaking and construction of the airport. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 These flights from Perth to Sri Lanka and on to London (in four days) were, made from 1943 to 1945 using lumbering PBY Catalina flying boats. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for flying boat

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First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flying boat was in 1913

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flying boat

noun
: a seaplane with a hull designed for floating

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