HyperDic: beacon_light

English > 1 sense of the expression beacon light:
NOUNartifactbeacon light, beacon, lighthouse, pharosa tower with a light that gives warning of shoals / shoals to passing ships
English > beacon light: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA tower with a light that gives warning of shoals / shoals to passing ships.
Synonymsbeacon, lighthouse, 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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