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PHAROS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pharos mean?
• PHAROS (noun)
The noun PHAROS has 1 sense:
1. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
Familiarity information: PHAROS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
beacon; beacon light; lighthouse; pharos
Hypernyms ("pharos" is a kind of...):
tower (a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building)
Instance hyponyms:
Tower of Pharos (a great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in 285 BC)
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