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foghorn
[ fog-hawrn, fawg- ]
noun
- a deep, loud horn for sounding warning signals in foggy weather, as to ships.
- a deep, loud voice.
foghorn
/ ˈɒɡˌɔː /
noun
- a mechanical instrument sounded at intervals to serve as a warning to vessels in fog
- informal.a loud deep resounding voice
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A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.
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Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.
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He has the issues, he has the money and he can show solid constituent service – if he can cut through the foghorn bombast of Donald Trump.
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The foghorns on the Golden Gate Bridge bleated their different tones.
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That night it rained and the light station’s modern foghorn sounded every 30 seconds, as it routinely does from October to April.
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