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• Float glass — is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten tin. This method gives the sheet uniform thickness and very flat surfaces. Modern windows are made from float glass. Most float glass is soda lime glass, but relatively minor… …   Wikipedia

• float-stone — floatˈ stone noun 1. A porous spongelike variety of silica, so light as to float for a while on water 2. A bricklayer s smoothing tool • • • Main Entry: ↑float …   Useful english dictionary

• float'y — adjective (of a garment or fabric) light and delicate • • • Main Entry: ↑float …   Useful english dictionary

• float|stone — «FLOHT STOHN», noun. 1. a stone used by bricklayers for smoothing the surfaces of bricks used in curved work. 2. a whitish gray, spongy variety of opal, so light as to float upon water …   Useful english dictionary

• float — float1 [fləut US flout] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on water)¦ 2¦(in the air)¦ 3¦(music/sounds/smells etc)¦ 4¦(walk gracefully)¦ 5¦(ideas)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7¦(company)¦ 8¦(cheque)¦ Phrasal verbs 　float around ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• float — 1 verb 1 ON WATER (I) a) to stay or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking: Wood usually floats. | Annie was floating on her back in the pool. | along/down/past etc: The logs floated down the river. b) (T) to put something on the surface …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• float — [[t]flo͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦♦ floats, floating, floated 1) V ERG If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid. [V in n] They… …   English dictionary

• float — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. a rest or move or cause (a buoyant object) to rest or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking. b get afloat or set (a stranded ship) afloat. 2 intr. move with a liquid or current of air; drift (the clouds floated… …   Useful english dictionary

• float carburetor — Carburetor Car bu*ret or, Carburettor Car bu*ret tor, n. 1. (Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• float-feed carburetor — Carburetor Car bu*ret or, Carburettor Car bu*ret tor, n. 1. (Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• light buoy — anchored float equipped with a bright light (used to help ship captains navigate during nighttime hours) …   English contemporary dictionary