floats
Definitions
Noun
- The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- A drink with ice cream floating in it
- An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- Something that floats on the surface of water
- An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Verb
- Be in motion due to some air or water current
- Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- Set afloat
- Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- Move lightly, as if suspended
- Put into the water
- Make the surface of level or smooth
- Allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "floats".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effects | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | facts | 1 | 87 |
| 3 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | fists | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | flights | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | fruits | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | faults | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | forts | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | flats | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | feasts | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | fritz | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | fleet's | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | fleets | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | fasts | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | feltes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | felts | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | feltz | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | fests | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | feutz | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | fiat's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | first's | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | firsts | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | flight's | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | flirts | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | flouts | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | flutes | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | folts | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | foltz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | fonts | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | frates | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | frets | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | fretz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | frites | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | frits | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | fritts | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | fults | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | fultz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | offsets | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | offshoots | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "floats".
Words That Follow
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 16
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 4
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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