A rowboat tows a mooring line, which in turn is tied to a hawser.
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Mooring
Synonyms for "mooring" (84 found)
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colonizationdebarkationdisembarkationdisembarkmentdockdockagedockingdockyarddropping anchordry dockembankmentestablishmentfixationfoundationgoing ashoregroinharborharboragehavenhook
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Related words (42)
installationinstallmentinvestiturejettyjuttylandfalllandinglanding placelanding stagelodgmentmarinamolemooring buoymooringsmudhookpeoplingpierplantationpopulationport
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14 entriesharbor mooringmooring areamooring bollardmooring buoymooring chainmooring facilitymooring linemooring locationmooring ropemooring systempermanent mooringquay mooringshore mooringtemporary mooring
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The boat has a mooring in the harbour.
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The boat's got a mooring in the harbour.
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Then did the comet break loose from his moorings and the eclipse roamed about the sky, and down on the earth did Death’s three children—Famine, Pestilence, and Drought—come out to feed.
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