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Definition:

(nou) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment (nou) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public (nou) a drink with ice cream floating in it (nou) an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade (nou) a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco (nou) something that floats on the surface of water (nou) an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

Phonetic Transcription:

fləʊt

Examples:

Buoyancy is the ability to float.

The dungeon was a wooden float in the well.

The apparatus is adapted to float on the surface of the liquid.

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