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foghorn

[fog-hawrn, fawg-] / ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg- /
NOUN
warning signal
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"A person on board then used the ship's foghorn, waking the animal, which moved to another location."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

The entire herd was now looking their direction, making foghorn growls and stamping their hooves.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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