(marker) buoy
11buoy — 1. noun a mooring buoy Syn: float, marker; bellbuoy, nun buoy, sonobuoy 2. verb the party was buoyed by an election victory Syn: cheer, cheer up, hearten, rally, invigorate, uplift, lift, encourage, stimu …
12buoy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. float; marker; bellbuoy, lifebuoy. See navigation, indication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. float, drift, floating marker; see float 1 . Types of buoys include: bell, can, life, nun, light, whistling. III… …
13buoy — bu•oy art at burgee [[t]ˈbu i, bɔɪ[/t]] n. v. oyed, oy•ing 1) navig. an anchored float used as a marker or as a mooring 2) naut. navig. life buoy 3) to keep afloat; keep from sinking (often fol. by up) 4) naut. navig. to mark with buoys 5) to… …
14marker — n 1. indication, mark, sign, symbol, token, identification, marking; indicator, arrow, index, paragraph; needle, finger, hand, hour hand; bookmark, locater, place marker, pagemarker; weathercock, wind sock, weathervane, vane, straw in the wind;… …
15buoy — n 1. float, marker, guide, beacon, signal. 2. life preserver, life jacket or belt or vest, cork jacket, Mae West …
16buoy — noun Syn: float, marker, beacon …
17buoy — A navigation marker which floats, indicating the channel to be followed and warning of shoals or rocks; a float which is an aid to one learning to swim and also a life preserver for one who is not a swimmer for want of learning to swim or from… …
18Single buoy mooring — (SBM) or Single point mooring (SPM) are loading buoys anchored offshore and serve as a mooring point for tankers to (off)load gas or fluid products. They are the link between the geostatic subsea manifold connections and the weathervaning tanker …
19dan buoy — ˈdan+ˌ noun Usage: sometimes capitalized D Etymology: origin unknown : a floating temporary marker buoy (as one used on fishing grounds or in minesweeping and antisubmarine warfare operations) * * * /dan/ a temporary buoy having a staff for… …
20can buoy — noun a buoy with a round bottom and conical top • Syn: ↑can • Hypernyms: ↑buoy * * * noun : a truncated buoy having a flat top see buoy illustration * * * a cylindrical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker. See illus. under buoy. Cf …
