Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

can buoy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: can buoy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is marked with a conical buoy

Inflected Forms

can buoys (plural)

Synonyms

can

Questions

What does can buoy mean?: a truncated conical buoy, normally painted red and white, and numbered with even numbers, used to show the port side of a channel; the starboard side is marked with a conical buoy

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