floater

[US]/'fləʊtə/
[UK]/'flotɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a floating object; someone or something that floats; a floating security.

Phrases & Collocations

eye floater

floater insurance

Example Sentences

The floater in my eye is bothering me.

She felt a floater brush against her leg while swimming in the lake.

The lifeguard quickly rescued the struggling floater in the water.

I can't focus on reading with this floater in my vision.

The floater on the pond looked like a beautiful water lily.

The floater on the soup added an extra touch of elegance to the dish.

She found a floater in her drink and asked for a replacement.

The floater on the fishing line signaled that a fish was biting.

The floater slowly drifted down the river, carried by the gentle current.

He mistook a floater for a fish and tried to catch it with his net.

Real-world Examples

Another is posterior uveitis which causes a painless decrease in vision and visual field floaters.

Source: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

If you have floaters, you could be just gassy.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

In our case, we put only the floaters in the water, all the rest of the equipment on land.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Eye floaters are a natural part of the eye's anatomy.

Source: Connection Magazine

Well, that's lovely, that is a floater. -Might improve the flavor.

Source: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

33 healthy volunteers, some with floaters, donated samples, along with 6 patients with steatorrhea.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

Most of the companies, they took all the conversion equipment and put it inside the actual floater.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Or you might just be a floater.

Source: American TV series intensive listening

Well, first of all, what is a floater?

Source: Engvid-James Course Collection

Something flushed a toilet, left a floater, and I had to flush it again.

Source: Engvid-James Course Collection

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