Definitions for foghorns

foghorns fog·horn

Spelling: [fog-hawrn, fawg-]
IPA: /ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg-/

Foghorns is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in foghorns (fghnoors).

Definitions for foghorns

noun

  1. a deep, loud horn for sounding warning signals in foggy weather, as to ships.
  2. a deep, loud voice.

Origin of foghorns

First recorded in 1855-60; fog1 + horn

Examples for foghorns

Then again the jarring blast of the foghorn rolled out, and—on Heaven!

He would have a future before him as a foghorn were it only possible to make him call at will!

"Sit you there, foghorn," FitzHerbert said, as he lowered the unresisting guest to a chair.

Lucky the rain has driven off the fog or the foghorn would keep you awake.

"Seven shillings," shouted somebody with a voice like a foghorn.

She was lost in an ocean of tears, I'd have had to use a foghorn.

Dreyfuss enthusiastically deploys the foghorn Leghorn manner of the mid-19th century pre-microphone politician.

The deep note of the Goorkha's foghorn sounded close at hand.

"Most extraordinary thing," he bellowed in his foghorn tones.

We hove-to, keeping the foghorn going with its melancholy bray.

Word Value for foghorns
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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