The noun CONTINENTAL DIVIDE has 1 sense: 1. the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico). Familiarity information: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE used as a noun is very rare.Dictionary entry details.eronyms (parts of continental divide): Great Divide (that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States). Domain region: North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama).
Definition of lighthouse. 1  1 : a structure (such as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. 2  2 : beacon 3.
Keel - The spine of a ship that runs from bow to stern at the lowest point. Lee (Leeward) - Direction the wind is blowing relative to the ship. The side of the ship opposite that of which the wind is coming from is known as the Lee side. Lighthouse - A tower used as an aid to navigation marking a hazard or point of entrance. Usually consisting of a very bright light atop a tower and often a foghorn or siren and radio beacon.