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Word entry · 6 letters

beacon

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"Signal tower"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbiːkən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcenoStarts with BEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. guide with a beacon

Word origin

From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

Used in a sentence

  • No flaming Beacons caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.
  • Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, / ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, / ⁠Is on the waters day and night, / And like a beacon guards thee home.
  • a beacon of hope

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