Found 2 items, similar to lighthouse.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lighthouse lighthouse n : a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, beacon light, pharos]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lighthouse Lighthouse \Light"house`\ (l[imac]t"hous`), n.; pl. Lighthouses (l[imac]t"houz`[e^]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. [1913 Webster]