moorages

noun

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plural of moorage
as in docks

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  1. docks
  2. basins
  3. marinas
  4. ports
Noun
  • The agency says residents with docks can collect any dead fish with a skimmer and place them in the regular trash.
    Jeff Weiner, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But rescuers are struggling to reach cutoff communities, including vacation homes by Lake Lure, once an idyllic draw for visitors, now a swamp of splintered trunks, boats, and docks.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of docks
Noun
  • The lower dollar cost per acre for deals in basins like the Williston, the DJ Basin, and the Eagle Ford Shale enable acquiring companies to obtain bigger acreage positions with more future drilling locations for the same price.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The Amazon river dolphin is one of two freshwater dolphin species living in the Amazon and Orinoco basins.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of basins
Noun
  • With marinas washed away, restaurants collapsed and vacation homes blown apart, many commercial fishermen, servers and housecleaners lost their homes and their jobs on the same day.
    Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Its 5,000 berths across 22 marinas can accommodate a wide range of vessels, from pleasure craft and luxury yachts to gigayachts.
    Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of marinas
Noun
  • Talks now turn to the automation of ports, which the unions says will lead to fewer jobs, and other sticking points.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There were ships anchored offshore waiting to come into ports from Maine to Texas, in order to load and unload goods.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ports
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