lighthouse
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noun, plural light·hous·es [-hou-ziz] .
[-hou-ziz] . 
zɪz1.
a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
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| a fixed structure in the form of a tower equipped with a light visible to mariners for warning them of obstructions, for marking harbour entrances, etc | |
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lighthouse
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
He was at first trained to be a lighthouse engineer, following the profession of his family.
It could have been the lighthouse but it's not conclusive.
Air traffic control towers may someday go the way of the lighthouse.
He even went so far as to suggest that the state should get out of the lighthouse business.
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