[
US
/ˈbikən/
]
[ UK /bˈiːkən/ ]
[ UK /bˈiːkən/ ]
NOUN
- a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
- a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
- a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
VERB
- shine like a beacon
- guide with a beacon
How To Use beacon In A Sentence
- An orbiting satellite picked up a distress signal from the ship's emergency beacon, standard equipment on all modern boats.
- They had divers arsenals, or piratic harbors, as likewise watch towers and beacons, all along the sea-coast; and fleets were here received that were well manned with the finest mariners, and well served with the expertest pilots, and composed of swift sailing and light-built vessels adapted for their special purpose. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
- Havel has become his country's beacon of democracy and hope.
- First, the causeways may have probably been made "during the construction of the tower with its central pole," (here the cairn is a habitable beacon, habitable on all hypotheses,) or, again, The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
- A huge black beacon waddled along, dragging a reluctant mass of iron at the end of its chain cable, followed by a roughly-built "flatty" and a huge log of silkwood. Confessions of a Beachcomber
- The firewood, soaked in oil, blazed up immediately, and his boat became a beacon of flame, drifting downstream towards Lake Tallian.
- We also needed to confirm the airport would be open, and the airport lights and non-directional beacon were working.
- The Bush administration claimed that Ethiopia was the linch-pin of its regional counterterrorism strategy and a vital beacon of stability. With a Friend Like This
- In an act of vandalism, the navy had blown this off in 1971 to instal a beacon, which probably never worked. 'Hello Mum, I'm on Rockall': The £100bn piece of rock
- The beacon was surrounded by an anomalously flat area about 100 meters in diameter; anyone going for the beacon would be completely exposed for the last few seconds, an easy target for a concealed marksman.