Found 2 items, similar to pharos.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pharos pharos n : a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pharos Pharos \Pha"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? an island in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous lighthouse.] A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. [1913 Webster] He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]