HyperDic: lighthouse

English > 1 sense of the word lighthouse:
NOUNartifactlighthouse, beacon, beacon light, pharosa tower with a light that gives warning of shoals / shoals to passing ships
lighthouse > pronunciation
Soundslay'thhaw.s
Rhymesalehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with aws...
English > lighthouse: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA tower with a light that gives warning of shoals / shoals to passing ships.
Synonymsbeacon, beacon light, pharos
InstancesTower of PharosA great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC
BroadertowerA structure taller than its diameter
Spanishalmenara, baliza, faro, pharos
Catalanfar, pharos

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