floating platform

collocation in English

meaningsoffloatingandplatform

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floating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfloʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
not fixed in one position, place, ...
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platform
noun
uk
/ˈplæt.fɔːm/us
/ˈplæt.fɔːrm/
a flat raised area ...
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(Definition offloatingandplatformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During the trials, seven plots were made by seven farmers usingfloatingplatformresidues.
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Afloatingplatformwould also come into this class.
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This is a substitutefloatingplatformand storage tank with a multi-well production facility.
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The "salt horses" should have some grasp of flying and should know the limitations and problems and difficulties of operating from afloatingplatform.
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It is a marvellousfloatingplatformdesigned to cope with submarines and defence.
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The most obvious answer is thefloatingplatform—the submarine repair dock—for which there is now a vital need.
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The questions of capacity and of providing afloatingplatformwill have been gone into.
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Then the aircraft carrier would be regarded not as a capital ship but as afloatingplatformfor joint air-sea operations of a unitary air power.
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The pier is merely afloatingplatform, a few feet above the surface of the water; it has no superstructure, and it rises and falls with the tide.
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Once at thefloatingplatform, the tribe leader would retrieve the flag there and have the rest of the tribe row back to shore.
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The milling and grinding technology and the drive (waterwheel) are built on afloatingplatformon this type of mill.
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The tribes must then race back to theirfloatingplatform.
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It consists of a weighted, partially submerged enclosure large enough to hold one or more hunters and suspended from afloatingplatform.
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An economically attractive alternative for exploiting offshore petroleum resources is afloatingplatform; however, ice can pose a serious hazard to this solution.
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The center was afloatingplatformwith a width of 120 meters and a depth of 67 meters.
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They feed on aquatic animals and nest on afloatingplatformof vegetation.
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Both parents engage in building the nest onfloatingplatform, after clearing out an area of approximately 3m ft across.
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Shortly after, the players will fall onto afloatingplatform, where the remainder of the battle will be held.
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Three linkways, which connect thefloatingplatformto the land, have special integrated joints to keep them steady.
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An empty speedboat containing dummies was launched from afloatingplatformbetween the ships amid fire and smoke that helped obscure the platform.
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