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screw-pile lighthouses

screw-pile lighthouses is the plural of screw-pile lighthouse.

Meaning of screw-pile lighthouse

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

Questions about screw-pile lighthouses

What is screw-pile lighthouses the plural of?
Screw-pile lighthouses is the plural of screw-pile lighthouse.

Words near screw-pile lighthouses in the dictionary

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

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