beacon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
Types & categories
- visual signal hypernym
- signal fire hyponym
Related & opposite
- beacon derivation
Sense 2 verb
shine like a beacon
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Related & opposite
- lighthouse derivation
- beacon derivation
Sense 3 noun
a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
Types & categories
- radio station hypernym
Sense 4 verb
guide with a beacon
Types & categories
- lead hypernym
Related & opposite
- lighthouse derivation
Sense 5 noun
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
Types & categories
- tower hypernym
- Tower of Pharos instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beacon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | visual signal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | signal fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighthouse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beacon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | radio station |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighthouse |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lead |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | beacon |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | beacon |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tower |
| 5 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tower of Pharos |