SEMAPHORE LINE Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the phrase semaphore line. (close relations)
Definition of SEMAPHORE LINE
Best Alternative Words for SEMAPHORE LINE
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flag | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design • a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device • flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green • stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones • a conspicuously marked or shaped tail verb • communicate or signal with a flag • provide with a flag • droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness • decorate with flags • become less intense | ||||||||
semaphore | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms verb • send signals by or as if by semaphore • convey by semaphore, of information | ||||||||
signal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message • any incitement to action • an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes adjective satellite • notably out of the ordinary verb • communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs • be a signal for or a symptom of | ||||||||
signaling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | ||||||||
telegraph | nounn | |||||||
noun • apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) verb • send cables, wires, or telegrams | ||||||||
shutter telegraph chain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters; information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements. |