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View synonyms for foghorn

foghorn

[ fog-hawrn, fawg- ]

noun

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


foghorn

/ ˈfɒɡˌhɔːn /

noun

  1. a mechanical instrument sounded at intervals to serve as a warning to vessels in fog
  2. informal.
    a loud deep resounding voice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foghorn1

First recorded in 1855–60; fog 1 + horn
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Example Sentences

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.

From Salon

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.

To the human ear, the hum might sound like a single note on a French horn or a foghorn.

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