can buoy

noun

a truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is marked with a conical buoy

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Meanings

nouncan buoy (plural can buoys)

plural can buoys

  1. nauticala truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is marked with a conical buoy

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna buoy with a round bottom and conical top

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can
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buoy
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can

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

can buoy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20buoy

MLA

“can buoy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20buoy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “can buoy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20buoy.

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