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light buoy

light buoy noun: a buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.

light buoy: a buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation
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Noun

light buoy (plural light buoys)

  1. A buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.
    • They saw the light near the cape, which they mistook that night for a lighthouse, although it is in fact a light buoy.

Forms of light buoy

plurallight buoys

Questions about light buoy

What does light buoy mean?
Light buoy means a buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.
What part of speech is light buoy?
Light buoy is a noun.
What is the plural of light buoy?
The plural of light buoy is light buoys.

Words near light buoy in the dictionary

  1. light buckets
  2. light bulb
  3. light bulb joke
  4. light bulb jokes
  5. light bulbs
  6. light buoy
  7. light buoys
  8. light carrier
  9. light carriers
  10. light cavalries
  11. light cavalry

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