Defenition of the word buoy
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Defenition of the word buoy
- A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
- A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.
- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- mark with a buoy
- float on the surface of water
- keep afloat: "The life vest buoyed him up"
- keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
- keep afloat
Synonyms for the word buoy
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- buoy up
- float
- hold up
- keep afloat
- keep up
- lift
- maintain
- marker
- prop up
- sustain
Similar words in the buoy
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- buoy
- buoy's
- buoyancy
- buoyancy's
- buoyant
- buoyantly
- buoyed
- buoying
- buoys
Hyponyms for the word buoy
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- acoustic buoy
- can
- can buoy
- conical buoy
- nun
- nun buoy
- spar buoy
Hypernyms for the word buoy
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- float
- hold
- hold up
- mark
- point of reference
- reference
- reference point
- support
- sustain
- swim
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