Beacon

n. warning light; lighthouse; guide

This page discusses beacons, fires designed to attract attention. See also radio beacon. For other uses of the word, see Beacon (disambiguation). Beacons are aids to navigation devices. Intentionally conspicuous, beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Beacon types include radar reflectors, radio beacons, and sonic or visual signals. Visual beacons range from small, single-pile structures to large lighthouses or light stations and are located on land or in water. Lighted beacons are called lights; unlighted beacons are called daybeacons.
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Noun
1. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
(synonym) beacon fire
(hypernym) visual signal
(hyponym) signal fire, signal light
2. a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
(synonym) radio beacon
(hypernym) radio station
3. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
(synonym) lighthouse, beacon light, pharos
(hypernym) tower
Verb
1. shine like a beacon
(hypernym) shine, beam
(derivation) beacon fire
2. guide with a beacon
(hypernym) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
(derivation) lighthouse, beacon light, pharos

(v. t.)
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
  

(v. t.)
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
  

(n.)
That which gives notice of danger.
  

(n.)
A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
  

(n.)
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  

(n.)
A high hill near the shore.
  

See radiobeacon station.