flashlight battery
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- noun
- /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt ˈbætəri/
- US
:
batería de linterna
- The storm knocked out the power, so we relied on our flashlight batteries to light the way.
Examples
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You'll burn through bulbs and flashlight batteries faster than you will LED bulbs.
Blog text (3) -
I have laid in supplies of drinking water and flashlight batteries.
Fiction book (1995) -
Well, the power from a small flashlight battery killed thousands of amoeba.
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The flashlight battery was wearing down, but the children's eyes had become accustomed to the darkness.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes, however, we were too "in the moment" to remember to do so, and ended up with a dead flashlight battery, stuck in a corner, with an invisible ghost taunting us nearby.
Blog text (17) -
Did he have the extra flashlight batteries, his vitamin C—he knew how susceptible he was to colds when he forgot to take his C? And the journal she'd gotten for him at Oblong Books?
Fiction book (1993) -
So the good folk of Moose County waxed their snow shovels, bought antifreeze and earmuffs, stockpiled bottled water and flashlight batteries, and prayed.
Fiction book (2002) -
Make sure to pack some extra flashlight batteries for our camping trip this weekend.
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Always check the expiration date on your flashlight batteries before heading out into the wilderness.
Synonyms
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A device that produces electricity to power machines and tools
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A device that stores electricity to power things like remote controls
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A small battery with a moist paste inside that gives power to devices like a flashlight
A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
How Long
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2.7
- US
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'battery for a flashlight' is directly and transparently composed from 'flashlight' (a small lamp) modifying 'battery' (a power cell), so the combined meaning is the battery used in a flashlight. This noun–noun attributive compounding is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Flashlight battery joins the two clear ideas: flashlight, a small portable light, and battery, a small device that stores power. Picture a small battery placed inside a flashlight to give it power, so the phrase means a small battery used for a flashlight.