Foghorn
noun
A large, loud horn typically used on a ship to indicate its position during foggy weather.
The loud blare of the foghorn indicated there was a ship nearby, even though it couldn't be seen through the dense fog.
Often appears as...
- blare of a foghorn
- foghorn sound
noun
It can also refer to a person with a loud, deep voice.
His voice was so loud and deep, we used to joke that he should have been a foghorn on a ship.
Often appears as...
- voice like a foghorn
- foghorn laughter
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A large, loud horn typically used on a ship to indicate its position during foggy weather.
The loud blare of the foghorn indicated there was a ship nearby, even though it couldn't be seen through the dense fog.
Often appears as...
- blare of a foghorn
- foghorn sound
noun
It can also refer to a person with a loud, deep voice.
His voice was so loud and deep, we used to joke that he should have been a foghorn on a ship.
Often appears as...
- voice like a foghorn
- foghorn laughter
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Safety
Foghorns are vital for navigation and collision avoidance on ships in poor visibility.
The ship's captain relied on the foghorn to safely guide them through the dense maritime fog.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Indicator
The sound of a foghorn can imply bad weather conditions nearby, even if you're not on the sea.
As we heard the distant foghorn, we knew the beach picnic would be risky with the incoming fog.
Pro Tip 3/3Harbor Soundtrack
Foghorns are commonly heard in port towns and are part of the local soundscape and culture.
Living by the harbor meant falling asleep to the melancholic call of the foghorn every night.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Safety
Foghorns are vital for navigation and collision avoidance on ships in poor visibility.
The ship's captain relied on the foghorn to safely guide them through the dense maritime fog.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Indicator
The sound of a foghorn can imply bad weather conditions nearby, even if you're not on the sea.
As we heard the distant foghorn, we knew the beach picnic would be risky with the incoming fog.
Pro Tip 3/3Harbor Soundtrack
Foghorns are commonly heard in port towns and are part of the local soundscape and culture.
Living by the harbor meant falling asleep to the melancholic call of the foghorn every night.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Safety
Foghorns are vital for navigation and collision avoidance on ships in poor visibility.
The ship's captain relied on the foghorn to safely guide them through the dense maritime fog.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Indicator
The sound of a foghorn can imply bad weather conditions nearby, even if you're not on the sea.
As we heard the distant foghorn, we knew the beach picnic would be risky with the incoming fog.
Pro Tip 3/3Harbor Soundtrack
Foghorns are commonly heard in port towns and are part of the local soundscape and culture.
Living by the harbor meant falling asleep to the melancholic call of the foghorn every night.
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Video examples
Mapping the Unknown,...
further away than it really is so we have tools called fog horns that work by the same principle the attenuation or reduction of the sound instead of the light over the distance hearing a foghorn sound very quiet tells you it's far away another tool that we all use
Video examples
Mapping the Unknown,...
further away than it really is so we have tools called fog horns that work by the same principle the attenuation or reduction of the sound instead of the light over the distance hearing a foghorn sound very quiet tells you it's far away another tool that we all use
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Quote examples
Herb Caen
American Journalist
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.
Quote examples
Georgia Toffolo
English Celebrity
My voice is so recognisable. I'm like a foghorn walking round shops on my phone.
Quote examples
Herb Caen
American Journalist
A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 A.M. A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays. San Francisco is such a city.
Quote examples
Georgia Toffolo
English Celebrity
My voice is so recognisable. I'm like a foghorn walking round shops on my phone.
Example 1 of 2
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