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MOORING ANCHOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mooring anchor mean? 

MOORING ANCHOR (noun)
  The noun MOORING ANCHOR has 1 sense:

1. an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in placeplay

  Familiarity information: MOORING ANCHOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOORING ANCHOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mooring anchor" is a kind of...):

anchor; ground tackle (a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving)


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