uplight
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of uplight
Example Sentences
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In-ground uplight luminaires aimed into a flowering tree or hidden among an artistically pruned hedge increases visibility while accentuating those landscape features.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022
A small spotlight built into the wall, a plug-in uplight or a clip-on spotlight can make cards, athletic jerseys or antique photos shine.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022
First time around, the ship was a claustrophobic confine whose crew would look tense and unwell in that stark uplight that seemed to beam off every work surface.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2012
They say me: —Thou shinest a light to mankind * With thy lore as the night which the Moon doth uplight!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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