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foghorn
[fog-hawrn, fawg-]
noun
a deep, loud horn for sounding warning signals in foggy weather, as to ships.
a deep, loud voice.
foghorn
/ ˈɒɡˌɔː /
noun
a mechanical instrument sounded at intervals to serve as a warning to vessels in fog
informala loud deep resounding voice
Example Sentences
A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.
Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.
He has the issues, he has the money and he can show solid constituent service – if he can cut through the foghorn bombast of Donald Trump.
The foghorns on the Golden Gate Bridge bleated their different tones.
That night it rained and the light station’s modern foghorn sounded every 30 seconds, as it routinely does from October to April.
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