Foghorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A horn for sounding warning signals in fog or darkness, used especially on ships, buoys, and coastal installations.
  • n. A booming, insistent voice.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A horn that emits a loud low-pitched sound, used on ships navigating in a fog, to warn other ships of their presence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A horn used on board a vessel to sound a warning signal to other vessels in foggy weather.
  • n. A sounding instrument for warning vessels off shore during a fog.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
  • n. a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alarm    alert    warning signal    alarum   
    Form
    Foghorn Leghorn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fog signal   
    Same Context
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