lighthouse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lighthouse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lighthouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lighthouse n a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships Synonym(s): beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lighthouse \Light"house`\ (-hous`), n.; pl.{Lighthouses} (-houz`[ecr]z). A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.