floodlight
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈflʌdˌlaɪt/
:
proyector
- But now, outside on his driveway, under the floodlights, it's time for glory.
- high-intensity floodlights
- floodlights intensity
But imagine one day these big floodlights go on and suddenly you realize you're in this humongous space.
- But imagine one day these big floodlights go on and suddenly you realize you're in this humongous space.
- So these little midges saw these lights at the Jeff and Moreau floodlights came on and they would fly there and they would frolic and then they'd die, OK.
- Yeah, as a kid, we just, we see the floodlights.
Examples
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On the wholesale places, floodlights shone like miners' lamps on blackened brows.
Fiction book (1990) -
We pulled into a gravel drive lit by floodlights the color of pollen.
Fiction book (1994) -
Saw the front door open and floodlights on.
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You can see the floodlights at United, look.
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Turn the floodlights on, please.
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Over the door, there was an outside floodlight that shone directly down.
Fiction book (1993) -
Still, though, there were floodlights on the lawn, and the house was lit up like a stage.
Fiction book (1996) -
They had a team of search dogs and these giant floodlights to search for them.
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A series of interlocking floodlights bathed the area in a blue-white glare.
Fiction book (1991) -
The stadium was brightened by numerous floodlights during the night game.
Synonyms
9
6.3
A bright lamp with a wide beam used to light a stage or set
A very bright light that shines over a wide area at night
A lamp that gives very bright light for taking photos or filming
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Floodlight combines flood and light; think of a 'flood' of light pouring over a field like water. So a floodlight is a very bright lamp that lights a wide area.