foghorn
foghorn
Definition
fog·horn (-hôrn′)
noun
- a horn on a ship, lighthouse, buoy, etc. sounded as a warning during a fog
- a loud, strident voice
foghorn
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- sound: Hearing the clanging foghorn sound of the approaching robots is quite disturbing.
- voice: The only stimulation the baby gets is when Fred's foghorn voice arrives on the scene.
Noun used with modifier
- lighthouse: Many visitors, however, will be most familiar with the lighthouse foghorn which sounds every fifteen seconds during periods of poor visibility.
