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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 protocol among gill-netters in such conditions was to lay on one’s foghorn at one-minute intervals and to keep a sharp ear turned toward the fog on the chance of receiving a reply.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson



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