whistle buoy

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   a buoy that makes a whistling noise

   Synonymswhistling buoy

   Broaderacoustic buoy

Questions about whistle buoy

What does whistle buoy mean?

whistle buoy means "a buoy that makes a whistling noise".

What is another word for whistle buoy?

Close synonyms include whistling buoy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whistle buoy a common word?

whistle buoy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.