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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;
- Example: "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
[syn: hydrofoil, foil]

2. a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds;
- Example: "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"
[syn: hydrofoil, hydroplane]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hydrofoil
    n 1: a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal
         plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is
         passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
         [syn: hydrofoil, foil]
    2: a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that
       lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the
       museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the
       record" [syn: hydrofoil, hydroplane]