Meaning & use
mooring
A place where a boat is secured, or the ropes and anchors used to hold it there.
See it in a sentence
The fishing boat returned to its usual mooring just before the storm arrived.
Strong currents snapped the mooring lines and sent the small dinghy drifting away.
A note on using this word
Mooring is often used in the plural, moorings, to refer to the full set of ropes, chains, and anchors holding a vessel in place.
Words with a similar meaning
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