n the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment n the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public n a drink with ice cream floating in it n an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade n a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco n something that floats on the surface of water n an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy v be in motion due to some air or water current v be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom v set afloat v circulate or discuss tentatively
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an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant
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any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
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n an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface n any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull n a wide channel containing blood
