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beacon light

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Noun1.beacon light - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing shipsbeacon light - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
lighthouse, pharos, beacon
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
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Without doubt, this strange beacon light would awaken far away, the woodcutter of the hills of Bicêtre, terrified to behold the gigantic shadow of the towers of Notre-Dame quivering over his heaths.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
The sea was calm, and, with a fresh breeze from the south-east, they sailed beneath a bright blue sky, in which God also lighted up in turn his beacon lights, each of which is a world.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
I caught a glimpse of a black mass disappearing in the east, its beacon lights dying out in the distance.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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