Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a buoy or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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buoy +‎ -like

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Examples

  • An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon EPIRB is a small, battery-powered radio transmitting buoylike device.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

  • An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon EPIRB is a small, battery-powered radio transmitting buoylike device.

    Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998

  • Jutting out of the top of the platform, the onboard rig can move on a track to six different slots running through the middle of the buoylike spar that serves as Perdido's base.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Jutting out of the top of the platform, the onboard rig can move on a track to six different slots running through the middle of the buoylike spar that serves as Perdido's base.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Jutting out of the top of the platform, the onboard rig can move on a track to six different slots running through the middle of the buoylike spar that serves as Perdido's base.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

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