floodlight

[ fluhd-lahyt ]

/ ˈflʌdˌlaɪt /

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noun

an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.

a lamp or projector that produces such a light.

verb (used with object), flood·light·ed or flood·lit, flood·light·ing.

to light up or illuminate with a floodlight.

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Origin of floodlight

First recorded in 1920–25; flood + light¹

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How to use floodlight in a sentence

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.
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Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
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Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”
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Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
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She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
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Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
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The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
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British Dictionary definitions for floodlight

floodlight

/ (ˈflʌdˌlaɪt) /

noun

a broad intense beam of artificial light, esp as used in the theatre or to illuminate the exterior of buildings

the lamp or source producing such light

verb -lights, -lighting or -lit

(tr) to illuminate by or as if by a floodlight

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