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1. Lighthouse
   Light'house` (-hous`) noun ; plural Lighthouses (-houz`ĕz). 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.
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2. lighthouse
   beacon light noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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3. Lighthouse
   • (n.) 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.
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4. lighthouse
   structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to serve as an aid to maritime coastal navigation, warning the mariner of hazards, ... [3 related articles]
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5. Lighthouse
   Lighthouse is British slang for a drinker's red-nose.
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6. Lighthouse
   Lighthouse is British slang for a drinker's red-nose.
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7. lighthouse
   tower, or substantial building or structure, erected at a designated geographical location to carry a signal light and to assist maritime navigation
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8. lighthouse
   lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. tallow candles, coal fires, and oil lamps w...
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9. lighthouse
   Click images to enlargeElevated structure equipped with a powerful flashing light for use as a maritime navigational aid. The light signals to ships that they are approaching land, or dangerous waters. Increasingly lighthouses are automated rather than staffed; later designs also emit radio signals that enable the shi...
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10. lighthouse
    A land based structure supporting a navigational warning light.
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11. Lighthouse
    A `lighthouse` is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and...
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12. Lighthouse
    (band) `Lighthouse` is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music,and swing. It won Juno Awards for Best Canadian Group of the Year in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Band hi...
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13. Lighthouse
    (disambiguation) A `lighthouse` is a tower aiding marine navigation. `Lighthouse`, `The Lighthouse` or `Light House` may also refer to: Art and architecture: Businesses and organisations: Film and television: Literature: Music: Other media: See also:
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14. Lighthouse
    (film) `Lighthouse` (released as `Dead of Night` in the USA) is a 2000 British horror film directed by (Simon Hunter). The film follows survivors of a shipwreck being preyed on by an escaped psychotic convict who beheads his victims. It was shot in Cornwall for the main location...
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15. Lighthouse
    (Lost) "`Lighthouse`" is the fifth television episode of the American Broadcasting Company`s sixth season of the serial drama television series Lost and 108th episode overall. The episode aired on February 23, 2010 on ABC in the United States and 2 hours earlier on A in Canad...
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16. Lighthouse
    (novel) `Lighthouse` is a 1972 novel by Eugenia Price, the third and last of St Simons Trilogy. Previous two were- The Beloved Invader (1965) and New Moon Rising (1969).<ref name="Gacoast">--><ref name="New Georgia Encyclopedia ">--> The story ce...
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