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lighthouse

light·house [ lt hòwss ] (plural light·houses [ lt hòwzəz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
coastal building with light for sailors: a strategically placed coastal building, often a tall round tower, with a powerful flashing light, designed to guide sailors or warn them of dangers such as rocks

[Early 17th century. <light1]

Cultural Note

To the Lighthouse, a novel (1927) by British writer Virginia Woolf. Typical of Woolf's more experimental novels in its unusual structure and use of stream-of-consciousness narrative, it is set at the vacation home of the Ramsay family on a Scottish island. Through the relationship between Mrs. Ramsay and a young painter, Lily Briscoe, Woolf explores the changing roles and attitudes of contemporary women.

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