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floodlight

[fluhd-lahyt]
noun
  1. an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
  2. a lamp or projector that produces such a light.
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verb (used with object), flood·light·ed or flood·lit, flood·light·ing.
  1. 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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Examples from the Web for flood-light

Historical Examples

  • He has made a plan for sending this flood-light to every one in every part of the earth.

    Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation

    S. D. Gordon

  • The light of the Sun pales without, as the flood-light of that inner world breaks upon the eye.

British Dictionary definitions for flood-light

floodlight

noun
  1. a broad intense beam of artificial light, esp as used in the theatre or to illuminate the exterior of buildings
  2. the lamp or source producing such light
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verb -lights, -lighting or -lit
  1. (tr) to illuminate by or as if by a floodlight
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