semibuoyant

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ buoyant

Adjective

semibuoyant (not comparable)

1. Partially buoyant.
   • 2008 June 22, Donovan Hohn, “Sea of Trash”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Comb the Manhattan waterfront and you will find, along with the usual windrows of cups, bottles and plastic bags, what the E.P.A. calls “floatables,” those “visible buoyant or semibuoyant solids” that people flush into the waste stream like cotton swabs, condoms, tampon applicators and dental floss.