Found 2 items, similar to Burglar alarm.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: burglar alarm
burglar alarm
n 1: a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm;
“they
could hear the burglar alarm a mile away”
2: a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a
burglary
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Burglar alarm
Burglar
\Bur"glar\, n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus
(of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See
Borough, and
Larceny.] (Law)
One guilty of the crime of burglary.
[1913 Webster]
Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or
window is opened from without.
[1913 Webster]