Synonyms for foghorn


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fog-hawrn, fawg-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg-


Définition of foghorn

Origin :
  • 1858, from fog (n.1) + horn (n.).
  • noun warning signal
Example sentences :
  • Lucky the rain has driven off the fog or the foghorn would keep you awake.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Seven shillings," shouted somebody with a voice like a foghorn.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The deep note of the Goorkha's foghorn sounded close at hand.
  • Extract from : « The Relief of Mafeking » by Filson Young
  • He would have a future before him as a foghorn were it only possible to make him call at will!
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar
  • "Sit you there, foghorn," FitzHerbert said, as he lowered the unresisting guest to a chair.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
  • She was lost in an ocean of tears, I'd have had to use a foghorn.
  • Extract from : « Six One-Act Plays » by Margaret Scott Oliver
  • Then again the jarring blast of the foghorn rolled out, and—on Heaven!
  • Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford
  • We hove-to, keeping the foghorn going with its melancholy bray.
  • Extract from : « The Log of a Sea-Waif » by Frank T. Bullen
  • "Most extraordinary thing," he bellowed in his foghorn tones.
  • Extract from : « A Traitor's Wooing » by Headon Hill
  • The steam turned a laugh quickly into a roar up the foghorn.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. » by Various

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