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pharos

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pha·ros  (fârs)
n.
A lighthouse.
[Latin, from Greek, after Pharos, a peninsula, formerly an island, in the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt, and the site of an ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.]
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Noun1.pharospharos - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
beacon light, lighthouse, beacon
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building


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A bright flashing fire that was burning on the centre of its summit, and around which the busy group was clustered, lent it the appearance of some tall Pharos placed in the centre of the deserts, to light such adventurers as wandered through their broad wastes.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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