flashlamp
- noun
- /ˈflæʃlæmp/
- UK
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linterna
- During the power outage, he grabbed a flashlamp to light up the living room.
Examples
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He fumbled in his pack for his flashlamp and turned it on, looking toward the stirrings in the brush.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tony, too, reached for his flashlamp, and for a minute or two they tried to catch the furious bats in their beams like fighter planes in the fingers of wartime searchlights.
Fiction book (1990) -
She picked up her flashlamp to illuminate the dark path through the forest.
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The hiker made sure to pack his flashlamp before setting off into the wilderness at night.
Synonyms
246
1.0
A small battery lamp that you hold to make light
113
1.0
A small portable light with a clear cover that you can carry or hang
44
1.9
A small handheld light that uses batteries
4
4.1
A small light shaped like a pen used to look into eyes or small dark places
1
2.3
A small light you hold that uses batteries
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Morphology
Etymology
The word flashlamp joins flash ('a sudden bright light') and lamp ('a device that gives light'). A helpful way to remember this sense is that it came to mean a small, portable electric lamp you switch on for steady light, like a handheld flashlight.