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- Dictionarymooring/ˈmʊərɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a place where a boat or ship is moored: "they tied up at Water Gypsy's permanent moorings"
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MOORING definition: 1. a place to tie a boat: 2. the ropes or chains that keep a boat from moving away from a…. Learn more.
1. : an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors. 2. a. : a place where or an object to which something (such as a craft) can be moored. b. : a device (such as a line or chain) by which an object is secured in place. 3. : an established practice or stabilizing influence : anchorage sense 2 usually used in plural.
Mooring definition: the act of a person or thing that moors. . See examples of MOORING used in a sentence.
A mooring is kind of like a parking lot for boats — it's a place people can keep their dinghies, sailboats, or ships tied up. One complication of owning a boat is that you need to rent a mooring for it, a place to keep it while you're not out on the water.
MOORINGS definition: 1. the ropes or chains that keep a boat from moving away from a particular place: 2. the ropes or…. Learn more.
noun. 1. the act of a person or thing that moors. 2. [often pl.] the lines, cables, etc. by which a ship, etc. is moored. 3. [pl.] a place where a ship, etc. is or can be moored. 4. [often pl.] beliefs, habits, ties, etc. that make one feel secure.
Definition of mooring noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use mooring in a sentence That is, neither country can afford to anchor its strategy to ideology, long after any mooring in reality has vanished.
1. A mooring is a place where a boat can be tied so that it cannot move away, or the object it is tied to. [...] 2. Moorings are the ropes, chains, and other objects used to moor a boat.
MOORING meaning: 1 : a place where a boat or ship can be anchored or moored often plural; 2 : the anchors, ropes, and cables that are used to hold a boat or ship in place
