"airboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: airboats [plural]
Etymology: From air + boat. Etymology templates: {{af|en|air|boat}} air + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} airboat (plural airboats)
  1. A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. Synonyms: fanboat, swamp boat Derived forms: airboating, airboater Translations (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller): hydroglisseur [masculine] (French), Sumpfboot [neuter] (German), aerobarco [masculine] (Portuguese), hidrodeslizador [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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