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screw-pile lighthouse

screw-pile lighthouse noun: a formerly common type of lighthouse supported on a series of screw piles, typically a hexagonal building surmounted by a cupola for the light.

Noun

screw-pile lighthouse (plural screw-pile lighthouses)

  1. A formerly common type of lighthouse supported on a series of screw piles, typically a hexagonal building surmounted by a cupola for the light.
    • [F]ar astern of the pilgrim ship a screw-pile lighthouse, planted by unbelievers on a treacherous shoal, seemed to wink at her its eye of flame, as if in derision of her errand of faith.1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page ii. 12

Forms of screw-pile lighthouse

pluralscrew-pile lighthouses

Questions about screw-pile lighthouse

What does screw-pile lighthouse mean?
Screw-pile lighthouse means a formerly common type of lighthouse supported on a series of screw piles, typically a hexagonal building surmounted by a cupola for the light.
What part of speech is screw-pile lighthouse?
Screw-pile lighthouse is a noun.
What is the plural of screw-pile lighthouse?
The plural of screw-pile lighthouse is screw-pile lighthouses.

Words near screw-pile lighthouse in the dictionary

  1. screw yous
  2. screw, nut and bolt
  3. screw-in
  4. screw-off
  5. screw-offs
  6. screw-pile lighthouse
  7. screw-pile lighthouses
  8. screw-pod mesquite
  9. screw-pod mesquites
  10. screw-stone
  11. screw-stones

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