Meaning

1 senses
  1. A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

    In the history of lighthouses, English civil engineer John Smeaton made a significant contribution to the design of them.

    Leuchtturm

    мая́кmaják

    мая́кmaják

More definitions
  • a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

Examples

49 sentences
  1. Tom apparently went to the lighthouse by himself.

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  2. The light you see in the distance is the lighthouse.

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  3. Tom is a lighthouse keeper and leads a lonely life.

    ruТом — сторож на маяке и ведёт уединённую жизнь.

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  4. There's the lighthouse.

    ruТам есть маяк.

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  5. The lighthouse flashes every twelve seconds.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
building containing a light to warn or guide ships:
Русский
By meaning 1
building containing a light to warn or guide ships:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
building containing a light to warn or guide ships:

Origin

From light + house.

From light + house.

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Forms

plural: lighthouses
Singularlighthouse
Plurallighthouses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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