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lighthouse Definition

light·house (līt′ho̵us′)

noun

a tower located at some place important or dangerous to navigation: it has a very bright light at the top, and often foghorns, sirens, etc., by which ships are guided or warned

lighthouse Synonyms

lighthouse

n.

guide, lightship, beam; see beacon, tower.

lighthouse Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • coherence: Maharishi will establish large groups of Vedic Pandits - " lighthouses of coherence " - throughout the world.

Converse of object

  • erect: The attempt to erect a lighthouse on a reef 12 miles off the coast was one of the heroic engineering feats of the day.
  • build: In the north is a large lighthouse built in the last century by the French.
  • reach: By 16.00 we had reached the lighthouse at Topo, the most easterly point of the island.
  • pass: Pladda lighthouse passed at 14:35 and we then set our sights on Ailsa Craig.
  • visit: September - When RS visited the Lighthouse he found everything in good order.

Preposition: on

  • island: With three lighthouses on an island three miles long, Lundy now has one of the highest densities of lighthouses in the country.
  • coast: We are getting nearer very fast, can see several lighthouses on the French coast.

Adjective modifier

  • tall: Here you will see the tallest lighthouse on the Adriatic.
  • famous: The extensive reef is crowned by a famous lighthouse.
  • Scottish: At the Museum of Scottish lighthouses at Fraserburgh, you can go to the top of Scotland's oldest lighthouse.
  • remote: But since 1973 this remote lighthouse was relieved fortnightly by helicopter.
  • old: The old lighthouse, now a rather nice hotel.
  • original: It started working on 1st January 1859, taking over from the original lighthouse on the cliff top.

Modifies a noun

  • keeper: A mad lighthouse keeper believes his female captive to be his dead wife.
  • tower: Don't worry: it's now been replaced by an electric horn mounted on the lighthouse tower itself.
  • tender: It contains most of the books published in the world about lighthouses, light vessels and lighthouse tenders.
  • builder: Robert Stevenson, a member of the celebrated family of lighthouse builders, directed the work.
  • engineer: Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 13 th November 1850, the son of lighthouse engineer, Thomas Stevenson.
  • building: During the Second World War on 8 June 1944 at 7.30pm a Beaufighter aircraft crashed into the lighthouse stores building.