klaxon, claxon
(noun) a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
klaxon (plural klaxons)
A loud electric alarm or horn. [from 1908]
klaxon (third-person singular simple present klaxons, present participle klaxoning, simple past and past participle klaxoned)
(intransitive) To produce a loud, siren-like wail.
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
