Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 55 compound words that contain float. The most common are listed below. Open float in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- milk floatAn electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom.
- float glassGlass in the form of flat sheets, made by floating molten glass on the surface of molten metal; currently the main method of producing window glass.
- coke floatA scoop of ice cream floating in Coke.
- float switchA sensor that detects the level of liquid in a tank and can react to changes in the measurement.
- float tubeA small, lightweight inflatable fishing craft.
- free floatAn estimate of the proportion of shares of a public company that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions.
- dirty floatSynonym of managed float: A floating exchange rate that is controlled by means of occasional interventions by the country's central bank.
- float tankAn isolation tank.
- hard floatA hardware implementation of a floating-point number.
- ice-floatAn icefloe.
- managed floatA floating exchange rate that is controlled by means of occasional interventions by the country's central bank.
- float on airSynonym of walk on air (“to be ecstatic”).
- float-zone silicona very pure form of crystalline silicon, made by vertical zone melting
- ice cream floatIce cream combined with a flavored carbonated soft drink, most commonly root beer.
- root beer floatA dessert consisting of root beer poured over vanilla ice cream, so that the ice cream floats.
- float like a butterflyTo move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.
- Carley floatan early life raft consisting of a large oval ring of copper tubing covered with kapok and painted waterproof canvas.
- dead man's floatA floating position in which the swimmer lies face down on the water with the arms extended forward and the legs behind them.
- float aroundUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see float, around.
- clean floatSynonym of free float (“type of floating exchange rate”).
- float boardOne of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.
- float boardsplural of float board: One of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.
- float glassesplural of float glass: Glass in the form of flat sheets, made by floating molten glass on the surface of molten metal; currently the main method of producing window glass.
- information floatThe time between information becoming available and it being publicly broadcast.
- soft floatA software implementation of a floating-point number.
Compound words 55
- flutterTo flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- flattercomparative form of flat: more flat
- floaterA person who floats.
- floatyTending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
- floatableThat may be floated.
- floatplaneA seaplane that has floats for landing or taking off from the water.
- defloatTo cause (a visual element such as a tool palette) no longer to float over the rest of the application.
- floatlineSynonym of corkline: The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
- floatsomeAlternative form of flotsam: Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
- flotateTo float.