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lighthouse
[ lahyt-hous ]
noun
- a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- either of two cylindrical metal towers placed forward on the forecastle of the main deck of a sailing ship, to house the port and starboard running lights.
lighthouse
/ ˈɪˌʊ /
noun
- a fixed structure in the form of a tower equipped with a light visible to mariners for warning them of obstructions, for marking harbour entrances, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lighthouse1
Example Sentences
Tommy travelled, as a lighthouse keeper, while for much of her working life Violet was on the night shift in local hospitals.
The crack stretches a couple of metres along a section of cliffs close to the Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head near Eastbourne.
‘California’s climate goals and our air quality progress have been a beacon for the world, and gutting these EPA rules is like punching holes in that lighthouse.’
People living near Land's End have been advised to buy earplugs due to a lighthouse's on-the-blink fog horn.
But numbers had dropped to only a dozen by the early 1960s, and when the lighthouse keepers departed for the last time in 1997, Stroma became home only to grazing livestock and seabirds.
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