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buoy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reference, reference point, point of reference |
| Has types | conical buoy, nun, nun buoy, spar buoy, acoustic buoy, can, can buoy |
Examples of buoy
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They were two miles east of the lighted green bell-buoy on Kelleys Island Shoal.
From the toledoblade.com
The man had clung to the Post Point buoy for a while hoping for a boat to go by.
From the thenewstribune.com
Holding a buoy in each hand, bend to the left and take the buoy toward the knee.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Attached to the 10-foot-diameter buoy are sensors to measure climate indicators.
From the sciencedaily.com
The shoreline from the launch ramp to the buoy line is closed to all activities.
From the pe.com
Younger renters, improving economy and fallout from the housing bust buoy rents.
From the stltoday.com
We swung around, caught the buoy and used the winches to haul everything aboard.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
They then fixed it to a weather and navigation buoy inside a watertight capsule.
From the newscientist.com
His showing in the recent Blue-White spring game did nothing but buoy that hype.
From the stltoday.com
- Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- Float on the surface of water
- Keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
- Mark with a buoy
- A buoy is a floating device that can have many different purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift. ...
- Buu00F8y is an island in the borough of Hundvu00E5g in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The 0.6-square-kilometre (150-acre) island was formerly separated from the island of Hundvu00E5g by a small channel of water, but that was filled in. Buu00F8y is connected to the mainland city of Stavanger by a series of bridges over three other islands and the Byfjorden.
- (The Buoys) The Buoys was a progressive rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse and Chris Hanlon, based in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania area.
- A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel; A lifebuoy; To keep afloat or aloft; To support or maintain at a high level; To mark with a buoy
- (Buoys) Floating platforms that hold instruments for measuring conditions in the ocean and atmosphere such as currents, water temperature, wind, and atmospheric pressure. Often they relay information to satellites.
