Search Result for "burglar alarm":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm;
- Example: "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"

2. a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Burglar \Bur"glar\, n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus
   (of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See
   Borough, and Larceny.] (Law)
   One guilty of the crime of burglary.
   [1913 Webster]

   Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or
      window is opened from without.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

burglar alarm
    n 1: a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm; "they
         could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"
    2: a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a
       burglary