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The correct spelling is floats.
How to pronounce floats
noun
Say it like: Floa-ts
The correct spelling is floats. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. For example: "Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook."
Usage Examples
“Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.”
“When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float.”
“That float covered in roses is very pretty.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- 2.A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- 3.A float board.
- 4.A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- 5.A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
verb
- 1.Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.
- 2.To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
- 3.To be capable of floating.
- 4.To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
- 5.To drift or wander aimlessly.
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