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- noun A
floating hotel ; aboatel
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Examples
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They called the Deepwater Horizon their "floatel" because the rig was a world unto itself: an isolated tower on 5,000-foot-deep seas, with only scratchy satellite phones and the occasional helicopter to bridge the 50 miles to Louisiana shores.
Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010
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They called the Deepwater Horizon their "floatel" because the rig was a world unto itself: an isolated tower on 5,000-foot-deep seas, with only scratchy satellite phones and the occasional helicopter to bridge the 50 miles to Louisiana shores.
Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010
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This "floatel" had a gymnasium, movie theater, lounge, helicopter pad - just about everything a small city would need.
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Deepwater Horizon their "floatel" because the rig was a world unto itself: an isolated tower on 5,000-foot-deep seas, with only scratchy satellite phones and the occasional helicopter to bridge the 50 miles to Louisiana shores.
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My husband and I soon realized that cruising on a luxurious five-star floatel makes it not only possible, but pleasurable, to savor the taste of a dozen or so cities along the Mediterranean in one grand gulp.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Cruising the Mediterranean: A Speed Date on Oceania Marina Dr. Irene S. Levine 2011
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My husband and I soon realized that cruising on a luxurious five-star floatel makes it not only possible, but pleasurable, to savor the taste of a dozen or so cities along the Mediterranean in one grand gulp.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Cruising the Mediterranean: A Speed Date on Oceania Marina Dr. Irene S. Levine 2011
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They watched as their floatel became a twisted, inflamed spire sinking into the ocean at a 45-degree angle.
Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010
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They watched as their floatel became a twisted, inflamed spire sinking into the ocean at a 45-degree angle.
Oil riggers on ship that exploded in Gulf of Mexico describe fateful night 2010
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A floating hotel, or a boat operating as a hotel. (From WordSpy)
October 15, 2008