Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
beacon or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
beacon + -like
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word beaconlike.
Examples
-
For after his Lippizaners, noticed favorably by all who appreciated good horses, had drawn him past the splendid museums, they reached the opera, that crystal-pure little heart of the city, loved by all who loved Vienna, and there they turned north into KSrntnerstrasse, and for the first time in his journey from the boat Lubonski saw ahead of him the noble spire of St Stephen's Cathedral, seven hundred years old and the beaconlike center of the city.
Poland Michener, James 1983
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.