Definitions for beacon

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beacon bea·con

Spelling: [bee-kuh n]

IPA: /ˈbi kən/

Beacon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in beacon (abceno).

Definitions for beacon

noun

1. a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
2. a tower or hill used for such purposes.
3. a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.
4. Navigation. radio beacon. a radar device at a fixed location that, upon receiving a radar pulse, transmits a reply pulse that enables the original sender to determine his or her position relative to the fixed location.
5. a person, act, or thing that warns or guides.
6. a person or thing that illuminates or inspires:
7. Digital Technology. web beacon.
8. a city in SE New York.

verb (used with object)

1. to serve as a beacon to; warn or guide.
2. to furnish or mark with beacons:

verb (used without object)

1. to serve or shine as a beacon:

Origin of beacon

before 950; Middle English beken, Old English bēacen sign, signal; cognate with Old Frisian bāken, Old Saxon bōkan, Old High German bouhhan

Examples for beacon

In a crisis his presence in London or Paris was absolutely necessary to the beacon.

But thanks to Josh Fox, who says beacon International also reached out to Susan Sarandon and Who Killed the Electric Car?

But simultaneously, as indicated by his support for beacon, journalism is still incredibly valuable to him.

The thoughts about the beacon were after all not so very absorbing.

The Church had been his beacon before, but now it was to be his refuge.

John Paul II told the European Union at the time that it was “a beacon of civilization.”

Our beloved Lady Liberty has been a beacon of hope for millions of people seeking a better life.

The beacon had reached a large circulation, but its slave was worn out.

I also think Christine Baranski is a beacon of light and I, too, would like to know what Josh Charles was thinking.

Ah, then beacon Street is one of the principal streets, is it?