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单词 flotage
释义

flotage

or float·age

[ floh-tij ]
/ ˈfloʊ tɪdʒ /

noun

an act of floating.
the state of floating.
floating power; buoyancy.
anything that floats; flotsam.
the part of a ship above the water line.

Origin of flotage

1620–30; float + -age; compare French flottage

Words nearby flotage

flos ferri, floss, floss hole, Flossie, flossy, flotage, flotation, flotation bags, flotation method, flotation tank, flote grass
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Example sentences from the Web for flotage

  • The trees grow in salt water several feet deep, where their labyrinth of roots and branches collect and hold sediment and flotage.

    Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for flotage

flotage

floatage

/ (ˈfləʊtɪdʒ) /

noun

the act or state of floating; flotation
buoyancy; power or ability to float
objects or material that float on the surface of the water; flotsam
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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