light buoy

English

a light buoy off the coast of Northern Ireland

3D design of red and green LED navigation buoys with solar panels

Noun

light buoy (plural light buoys)

1. (nautical) A buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.

   Hypernyms: buoy; light (synecdochally hypernymous); aid

   Coordinate terms: lightboat, lightship, lightvessel, lighthouse

   They saw the light near the cape, which they mistook that night for a lighthouse, although it is in fact a light buoy.

Translations

buoy with a light

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lysbøye m

  Nynorsk: lysbøye f or m