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Beacon
| Beacon Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Beacon?
[n] a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
[n] a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
[n] a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
[v] guide with a beacon
[v] shine like a beacon
Synonyms | Synonyms for Beacon: beacon fire |
beacon light |
lighthouse |
pharos |
radio beacon
Related Terms | Find terms related to Beacon: aid to navigation |
airport beacon |
air-raid alarm |
airway beacon |
alarm |
alarm bell |
alarm clock |
alarm signal |
alarum |
alert |
all clear |
AM transmitter |
amateur transmitter |
amber light |
anchor light |
approach light |
backfire |
balefire |
beacon fire |
beacons |
beam |
bell |
bell buoy |
belvedere |
blaze |
bleachers |
blinker |
blinker light |
blinking light |
blue peter |
bonfire |
bridge |
buoy |
burglar alarm |
burning ghat |
buzzer |
campfire |
caution light |
ceiling light |
cheerful fire |
combustion |
conflagration |
conning tower |
corposant |
cozy fire |
crackling fire |
crematory |
crostarie |
death fire |
fan marker |
fen fire |
fiery cross |
fire |
fire alarm |
fire bell |
fire flag |
five-minute gun |
flame |
flare |
flare path |
flare-up |
flashing light |
flashing point |
flicker |
flickering flame |
FM transmitter |
fog bell |
fog signal |
fog whistle |
foghorn |
forest fire |
fox fire |
funeral pyre |
fusee |
gale warning |
gallery |
gazebo |
glance |
go light |
gong buoy |
grandstand |
green light |
heliograph |
high sign |
hooter |
horn |
hue and cry |
hurricane warning |
ignis fatuus |
ignition |
ingle |
international alphabet flag |
international numeral pennant |
kick |
Klaxon |
lambent flame |
leer |
light |
lighthouse |
lightship |
lookout |
loophole |
magnesium flare |
marker |
marker beacon |
marshfire |
Mayday |
microphone |
navigation light |
nod |
note of alarm |
nudge |
observation post |
observatory |
occulting light |
open fire |
outlook |
overlook |
parachute flare |
peanut gallery |
peephole |
pharos |
pilot flag |
poke |
police whistle |
prairie fire |
pylon |
pyre |
quarantine flag |
racon |
radar beacon |
radiator |
radio beacon |
radio range beacon |
radio transmitter |
radiomicrophone |
radiosonde |
raging fire |
red flag |
red light |
ringside |
ringside seat |
rocket |
Roman candle |
RT transmitter |
sailing aid |
sea of flames |
semaphore |
semaphore flag |
semaphore telegraph |
sheet of fire |
sighthole |
sign |
signal |
signal beacon |
signal bell |
signal fire |
signal flag |
signal flare |
signal gong |
signal gun |
signal lamp |
signal light |
signal mast |
signal of distress |
signal post |
signal rocket |
signal shot |
signal siren |
signal tower |
siren |
skyrocket |
small-craft warning |
smudge fire |
SOS |
spar buoy |
still alarm |
stop light |
storm cone |
storm flag |
storm warning |
Texas tower |
the nod |
the wink |
three-alarm fire |
tocsin |
top gallery |
touch |
tower |
traffic light |
traffic signal |
transceiver |
transmitter |
two-alarm fire |
two-minute gun |
upside-down flag |
Very flare |
watch fire |
watchtower |
whistle |
white flag |
wigwag |
wigwag flag |
wildfire |
wind cone |
wind indicator |
wind sock |
wink |
witch fire |
yellow flag
See Also | beam |
conduct |
direct |
guide |
lead |
radio station |
shine |
signal fire |
signal light |
take |
tower |
visual signal
Beacon In Webster's Dictionary
\Bea"con\, n. [OE. bekene, AS. be['a]cen, b?cen; akin to
OS. b?kan, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG.
bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. {Beckon}.]
1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to
give any notice, commonly of warning.
No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. --Gay.
2. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near
the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to
mariners.
3. A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]
4. That which gives notice of danger.
Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise.
--Shak.
{Beacon fire}, a signal fire.
\Bea"con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beaconed} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beaconing}.]
1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
That beacons the darkness of heaven. --Campbell.
2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
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