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41Buoy tender — A buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys. The United States Coast Guard uses buoy tenders to accomplish one of its primary missons of maintaining all U. S. Aids to Navigation (ATON).Types of CG buoy… …
42buoy pole — a buoy with a pole sticking out the top so it can be seen at a distance …
43buoy rope — noun The rope that secures a buoy to an anchor on the seabed …
44buoy — 1. noun /bɔi,ˈbuː.i/ a) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel …
45buoy up — verb To uplift, hearten, inspire or raise the spirits …
46buoy — 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… …
47buoy up — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. keep afloat, sustain, uplift, hearten; see encourage 2 , support 1 , 2 …
48buoy — is pronounced [boy], not boo ee. Think of buoyant …
49buoy — Though this book does not generally address matters of pronunciation, I cannot resist pointing out that the increasing tendency to pronounce this word boo ee is mistaken and misguided. Unless you would say boo ee ant for buoyant, please return …
50buoy — boy …
