foghornnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒɡ.hɔːn/us/ˈfɑːɡ.hɔːrn/a horn that makes a very loud sound to warn ships that they are close to land or other ships:
He has a voice like a foghorn (= an unpleasantly loud voice).
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- dead reckoning
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigate
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- wreck
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