LIGHTHOUSE DEFINITIONS - 6 definitions found
lighthouse n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos] Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary lighthouse (lighthouses) A lighthouse is a tower containing a powerful flashing lamp that is built on the coast or on a small island. Lighthouses are used to guide ships or to warn them of danger. N-COUNT Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lighthouse \Light"house`\ (-hous`), n.; pl.{Lighthouses} (-houz`[e^]z). A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms light-house n. Pharos. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 120 Moby Thesaurus words for "lighthouse": Klaxon, Mayday, SOS, Texas tower, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, antenna tower, barbican, beacon, belfry, bell tower, belvedere, bench mark, bleachers, blinking light, bookmark, bridge, burglar alarm, buzzer, cairn, campanile, catstone, colossus, column, conning tower, crostarie, cupola, derrick, direction, dome, fiery cross, fire alarm, fire bell, fire flag, fire tower, five-minute gun, flashing light, fog bell, fog signal, foghorn, gale warning, gallery, gazebo, grandstand, guidance, hooter, horn, hue and cry, hurricane warning, landmark, lantern, lightship, lookout, loophole, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, monument, note of alarm, obelisk, observation post, observation tower, observatory, occulting light, outlook, overlook, pagoda, peanut gallery, peephole, pharos, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, platform, pole, police whistle, pylon, pyramid, ringside, ringside seat, seamark, shaft, sighthole, signal of distress, siren, skyscraper, small-craft warning, spire, standpipe, steeple, still alarm, storm cone, storm flag, storm warning, stupa, television mast, tocsin, top gallery, tope, tour, tower, turret, two-minute gun, upside-down flag, watchtower, water tower, whistle, windmill tower |
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