BEACON LIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beacon light mean? 

• BEACON LIGHT (noun)
  The noun BEACON LIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

  Familiarity information: BEACON LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEACON LIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beacon; beacon light; lighthouse; pharos

Hypernyms ("beacon light" is a kind of...):

tower (a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building)

Instance hyponyms:

Tower of Pharos (a great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC)