buoy
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6.0
- noun
- /bɔɪ/
- Specialized
:
boya
- Additionally, we see photovoltaic technologies integrated with flashing marker buoys on inland and coastal waterways.
- marker buoy
- surface buoy
- drifting buoys
We have buoys that are about the size of a little bit smaller than a soccer ball, a Styrofoam buoy and with a number on it.
- We have buoys that are about the size of a little bit smaller than a soccer ball, a Styrofoam buoy and with a number on it.
- And I think that when you hear this bell, it's going to really remind you of the ocean because they have these things called buoy bells.
- Wave slapped the embankment and we slapped the concrete buoy monument made it.
- I remember from boating when I was a kid, the buoys.
- You're not going to see a, you know, any buoys or anything like that or, you know, a guy out there with a whistle pointing, you know, Thursday this way, Wednesday that way.
Examples
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If you get lost, follow the buoys.
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They're out checking a buoy in the channel.
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Oh, oh, we're by the buoy, dude, we're by the buoy.
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So, out to the buoy and back.
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- Throw the life buoy!
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All right, 400 meters out, around the buoy and back.
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"We have anchored the buoy here; we can find the spot again."
Fiction book (1993) -
Holly and I watched Lamar ease around the buoy that marked the channel to Cape Hatteras.
Fiction book (1996) -
So there's a rather remarkable array of buoys that was put in a decade or so ago across the equator in the Pacific.
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The sailor used the buoy to navigate the dangerous channel safely.
Synonyms
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9.7
A floating sea marker with a round bottom and a cone top
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1.1
A small object that stays on water to support things or show position
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9.9
A cone-shaped buoy that marks channels or hazards in water
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7.0
A floating marker with a bell that rings when it moves to warn boats
A floating marker like a metal drum that shows a channel edge or danger in the water
A floating cone that helps boats know where to go
A cone-shaped floating mark that shows safe channels or dangers in water
A tall floating pole in the sea that marks locations or hazards
A floating marker with a bell that rings to guide ships
A floating marker that makes a whistling sound to warn ships of danger
A floating marker that makes a loud sharp sound to guide ships
A floating marker that makes sound to help ships find their way
Compounds
- Specialized
A floating marker like a metal drum that shows a channel edge or danger in the water
- Specialized
A floating marker that makes a whistling sound to warn ships of danger
How Visible
- Specialized
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6.0
8
1.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buoy comes from Old French bouée, which meant 'a float' used in water. So a buoy is a floating object that marks channels or hazards and helps things stay on the surface.