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Definition of Beacon
1. Noun. A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.
Generic synonyms: Visual Signal
Specialized synonyms: Signal Fire, Signal Light
2. Verb. Shine like a beacon.
3. Noun. A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes.
4. Verb. Guide with a beacon.
5. Noun. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
Generic synonyms: Tower
Specialized synonyms: Tower Of Pharos
Definition of Beacon
1. n. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
2. v. t. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
Definition of Beacon
1. Noun. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning or guiding. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. ¹
3. Noun. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers. ¹
4. Noun. That which gives notice of danger. ¹
5. Verb. To act as a beacon. ¹
6. Verb. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. ¹
7. Verb. To furnish with a beacon or beacons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beacon
1. to warn or guide [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beacon
Literary usage of Beacon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"Till the heart which at even was weary and cold Can rise in the morning gay,
Sweet wife ; To its work in the morning gay AIRLY beacon. Airly beacon, Airly ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1851)
"A sea beacon was erected during the summer of 1850, on the rook called ...
The beacon, which has very thick woods behind it, can be seen in clear weather at ..."
3. The Map of Africa by Treaty by Edward Hertslet, Great Britain (1894)
"1 of the liue of " Second Inspection " ; Thence to beacon XVI, on the eastern
spur of ... Thence to beacon XXIII, near northern extremity of the ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"CHARLES KINGSLEY [1819-1875] 653 AIRLY beacon AIRLY beacon, Airly beacon; ...
the pleasant sight to see Shires and towns from Airly beacon, ..."
5. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"to the N. of the Worcester beacon, may aleo be ascended; ... to the S. of the
Worcestershire beacon, and return along the W. side of the range via (I'/z M.) ..."
6. Fifty Years of English Song: Selections from the Poets of the Reign of Victoria by Henry Fitz Randolph (1888)
"AIRLY beacon, Airly beacon; O the pleasant sight to see Shires and towns from
Airly beacon, While my love climbed up to me! Airly beacon, Airly beacon; ..."
7. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1855)
"The SW Buoy beacon of the Shingles lies in six-and-three-quarter fathom* water,
one mile west of the tail of the shoal; its mark being the Red beacon on ..."
8. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"Gooseberry is viewed from the beacon over the point of land running out from it.
... The e. breaker is about the same distance from the beacon as the W. ..."
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