Definitions
A floating marker used on water.
Word origin
From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Doublet of beacon.
Used in a sentence
“list buoy”
““My Heart Will Go On” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Feb. 28, 1998, buoying the Titanic soundtrack’s 16-week run atop the Billboard 200.”
“to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Harbor marker”4 letters
02“Floating marker”4 letters
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