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foghorn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fogsignal |
| Type of | warning signal, alarum, alert, alarm |
foghorn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | horn, signaling device |
| Has types | diaphone |
Examples of foghorn
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Instead, continue on the beach, enjoying the foghorn sounds and seaweed smells.
From the sfgate.com
Could they still hear the foghorn and the O-yo-yo that serenaded each Anaheim goal?
From the ocregister.com
Moments later, he heard a low moaning rumble over the hills, a sound like a foghorn.
From the theatlantic.com
The foghorn pitch of their voices suggests heartaches not heroics, lechery not love.
From the time.com
For one thing, he's big enough to be an ostrich and sounds like a foghorn.
From the denverpost.com
The foghorn and bicycle horn are usually doubled or tripled for a louder sound effect.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Three years ago Ovechkin came here and took everything but the foghorn.
From the ocregister.com
As I grew up on a beach about a mile north of Thomas Point, the foghorn bellowed year-round.
From the washingtonpost.com
One buckles at the knees and lets out a roar like a foghorn as the vet applies vaccinations.
From the jsonline.com
- A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
- A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
- A foghorn or "fog signal" or "fog bell" is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of hazards (or of the presence of other vehicles) in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport. ...
- (Foghorns) Low-honking sounds on boats and lighthouses to warn ships of dangerous rocks and shoals.
- A noise signal used before electronic equipment was developed, used to warn ships when they were coming in too close to shore in a thick fog. They could be hand-held, making use of bellows that took in air and pushed it out through a loud horn.
