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SPAR BUOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spar buoy mean?
• SPAR BUOY (noun)
The noun SPAR BUOY has 1 sense:
1. a buoy resembling a vertical log
Familiarity information: SPAR BUOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A buoy resembling a vertical log
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spar buoy" is a kind of...):
buoy (bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards)
Context examples
The seafloor system is an anchored spar buoy topped by a high precision Global Positioning System.
(Geoscientists develop technology to improve forecasting of earthquakes, tsunamis, National Science Foundation)
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