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BURGLAR ALARM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burglar alarm mean? 

BURGLAR ALARM (noun)
  The noun BURGLAR ALARM has 2 senses:

1. a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarmplay

2. a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglaryplay

  Familiarity information: BURGLAR ALARM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURGLAR ALARM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away

Hypernyms ("burglar alarm" is a kind of...):

alarm; alarum; alert; warning signal (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("burglar alarm" is a kind of...):

alarm; alarm system; warning device (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)


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