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- Dictionarysiren/ˈsʌɪrən/
noun
- 1. a device that makes a loud prolonged signal or warning sound: "ambulance sirens" Similar
- 2. each of a number of women or winged creatures whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks.
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SIREN definition: 1. a device for making a loud warning noise: 2. (in ancient Greek literature) one of the creatures…. Learn more.
The meaning of SIREN is any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing. How to use siren in a sentence. Did you know?
an acoustical instrument for producing musical tones, consisting essentially of a disk pierced with holes arranged equidistantly in a circle, rotated over a jet or stream of compressed air, steam, or the like, so that the stream is alternately interrupted and allowed to pass.
Definitions of siren. noun. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound. see more. see less. type of: alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. noun.
A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud, wailing noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.
(in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters. a woman who is thought to be very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous.
1. a. A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning. b. An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning: a police car siren. 2.
a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous. siren voices/song/call (literary) the temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts. See siren in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
siren meaning: a piece of equipment that makes a loud sound as a warning: . Learn more.
an acoustical instrument for producing musical tones, consisting essentially of a disk pierced with holes arranged equidistantly in a circle, rotated over a jet or stream of compressed air, steam, or the like, so that the stream is alternately interrupted and allowed to pass.
