Lighthouse - Dictionary Definition and Overview
Lighthouse
:
(noun)
1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn:
beacon
,
beacon light
,
pharos
]
Based on WordNet 2.0
Lighthouse : \Light"house`\_(-hous`),_n.;_pl.{Lighthouses">
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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