Lighthouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall structure topped by a powerful light used as a beacon or signal to aid marine navigation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A building, usually a tower, containing a light to warn or guide ships.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights, for the purpose of indicating the presence of rocks, shoals, or other dangers to navigation, or for the guidance of mariners when approaching or sailing along a coast, entering a harbor, or navigating a river or other body of water.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tower   
    Cross Reference
    lighthouse board    beacon   
    Hyponym
    tower of pharos   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pharos    phare   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pier    fortification    breakwater    edifice    windmill   
     
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