monobuoy

monobuoy
/mon"euh booh'ee, -boy'/, n. Naut.
a floating platform anchored offshore in deep water and equipped with pipelines leading to storage tanks onshore, to which large, deep-draft tankers moor to load or unload. Also called single buoy mooring, single point mooring.
[1970-75; MONO- + BUOY]

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  • monobuoy — /mon euh booh ee, boy /, n. Naut. a floating platform anchored offshore in deep water and equipped with pipelines leading to storage tanks onshore, to which large, deep draft tankers moor to load or unload. Also called single buoy mooring, single …   Useful english dictionary

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