semaphore meaning

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semaphore (verb): send signals by or as if by semaphore.

semaphore has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

semaphore as a verb

  1. send signals by or as if by semaphore

    Type of: sign

  2. convey by semaphore, of information

    Type of: communicate

semaphore as a noun

  1. an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms

    Type of: apparatus

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in RE · 9-letter words

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