conical buoy

noun

a buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy

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nunnun buoy
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Meanings

nounconical buoy (plural conical buoys)

plural conical buoys

  1. nauticala buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna buoy resembling a cone

Similar
nunnun buoy
Broader
buoy
Also see
nunnun buoy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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