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Noun: semaphore  'se-mu,for
  1. An apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
Verb: semaphore  'se-mu,for
  1. Send signals by or as if by semaphore
     
  2. Convey by semaphore, of information

Derived forms: semaphored, semaphoring, semaphores

Type of: apparatus, communicate, intercommunicate, setup, sign, signal, signalise [Brit], signalize

Encyclopedia: Semaphore, South Australia

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