beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos
(noun) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lighthouse (plural lighthouses)
A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
• obeliscolychny
• house
• houselight
Source: Wiktionary
Light"house` n.; pl.Lighthouses (.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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.
