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.

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

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

    ruТом — сторож на маяке и ведёт уединённую жизнь. — sharptoothed

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  4. There's the lighthouse.

    ruТам есть маяк. — savella

  5. The lighthouse flashes every twelve seconds.

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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