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foghorn

[fog-hawrn, fawg-] / ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg- /
NOUN
warning signal
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To the human ear, the hum might sound like a single note on a French horn or a foghorn.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

He lets out a foghorn sound before he’s told to turn back over.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

His voice has always been a bit of a foghorn — higher or lower according to age, habits and the song at hand — but it has a rare emotional urgency.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

When you hear a foghorn you’re supposed to signal back.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick