hydroplane
noun /ˈhaɪdrəpleɪn/
/ˈhaɪdrəpleɪn/
- a light boat with an engine and a flat bottom, designed to travel fast over the surface of water
- (North American English) (also seaplane British and North American English)a plane that can take off from and land on water
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from hydro- + plane ‘level’.