EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE

Meaning of EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE in English

a lighthouse (= tower containing a strong light to warn or guide ships) on a rock in the English Channel about 9 miles/14 kilometres from the coast of Cornwall . It rises 133 feet/41 metres above the water and can be seen for 17 miles/28 kilometres. There has been a lighthouse there since 1696.

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EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE — lighthouse celebrated in folk ballads and seamen's lore, standing on the Eddystone Rocks, 14 miles off Plymouth, Eng., in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — Structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to signal danger or provide aid to seafarers. The …
Английский словарь Британика
LIGHTHOUSE — structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to serve as an aid to maritime coastal navigation, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — n. Structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to signal danger or provide aid to seafarers. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LIGHTHOUSE — fare
English interlingue dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — noun Date: 1622 a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIGHTHOUSE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a tower or other building equipped to guide navigators by means of a powerful light that gives …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or …
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTHOUSE — ( n. ) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — /luyt"hows'/ , n. , pl. lighthouses /-how'ziz/ . 1. a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — n. tall tower topped by a very bright light which is used to guide or warn ships
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHTHOUSE — noun Date: 1622 1. : a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — noun a tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — ■ noun a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn ships at sea.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — [light.house] n (1622) 1: a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — light|house BrE AmE ˈlaɪt |haʊs ▷ light|houses haʊz ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EDDYSTONE — Eddystone BrE AmE ˈed ɪst ə n -əst-; -i stəʊn AmE \ -i stoʊn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — / ˈlaɪthaʊs; NAmE / noun a tower or other building that contains a strong light to warn and guide ships …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — light ‧ house /ˈlaɪthaʊs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a tower with a powerful flashing light that guides ships away from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTHOUSE — n. a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTHOUSE — n. a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — n. a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea.
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — ( lighthouses) A lighthouse is a tower containing a powerful flashing lamp that is built on the coast or on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTHOUSE — (~s) A ~ is a tower containing a powerful flashing lamp that is built on the coast or on a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIGHTHOUSE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Every Christmas now he hires that little plane and drops all those boxes of gifts …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — [noun] [C] [plural] lighthouses - a tower or other tall structure by the sea with a flashing light at the …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — Synonyms and related words : Klaxon, Mayday, SOS, Texas tower, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EDDYSTONE — Classification: Borough Located in: Pennsylvania (PA) Total Population (2000): 2442 Total Housing Units (2000): 1035 Land Area (square meters): 2688436 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — n. Function: noun a building equipped to guide sea navigators by means of a powerful light FF1C; rowed out to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIGHTHOUSE — noun a building equipped to guide sea navigators by means of a powerful light rowed out to the lighthouse Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTHOUSE — сущ. маяк Syn : beacon, leading light маяк lighthouse маяк
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTHOUSE — lighthouse.ogg ʹlaıthaʋs n маяк
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTHOUSE — 1) маяк 2) маячковый 3) маячный • - lighthouse cavity - lighthouse diode - lighthouse triode - lighthouse tube
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LIGHTHOUSE — сущ. маяк Syn : beacon, leading light маяк lighthouse маяк
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EDDYSTONE ROCKS — /ed"euh steuhn/ a group of rocks near the W end of the English Channel, SW of Plymouth, England: celebrated lighthouse.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SMEATON, JOHN — born June 8, 1724, Austhorpe, Yorkshire, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1792, Austhorpe British civil engineer. In 1756–59 he rebuilt the …
Английский словарь Британика
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English liht, light, from Old English lēoht, līht; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMEATON, JOHN — born June 8, 1724, Austhorpe, Yorkshire, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1792, Austhorpe English engineer noted for his all-masonry lighthouse on …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMEATON, JOHN — born June 8, 1724, Austhorpe, Yorkshire, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1792, Austhorpe British civil engineer. In 175659 he rebuilt the …
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