Meaning & use
buoys
Floating markers anchored in water to guide ships, mark hazards, or indicate specific locations.
See it in a sentence
The sailors steered carefully between the red and green buoys marking the channel.
Swimmers were told to stay within the line of orange buoys near the shore.
A note on using this word
"Bouys" is a misspelling; the correct plural is "buoys," from the singular "buoy."
Words with a similar meaning
markers
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