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Beacon light   /bˈikən laɪt/   Listen
Beacon light

noun
1.
A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.  Synonyms: beacon, lighthouse, pharos.






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"Beacon light" Quotes from Famous Books



... That formed a legion lured by Death to war, These men and horses masked, how dread they are! Absorbed in shadows of the eternal shore, Among the living all their tasks are o'er. Silent, they seem all mystery to brave, These sphinxes whom no beacon light can save Upon the threshold of the gulf so near, As if they faced the great enigma here; Ready with hoofs, between the pillars blue To strike out sparks, and combats to renew, Choosing for battle-field the shades below, Which ...
— Poems • Victor Hugo



Words linked to "Beacon light" :   lighthouse, tower, Tower of Pharos



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