limelight
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/
- Archaic
- I'm, I mentioned before that my, my classroom in Syracuse was big and big windows and lots of limelight streaming in.
Examples
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In your mind's eye, pretend you're on stage in the limelight.
Blog text (16) -
THERE ARE CERTAIN SHADES OF LIMELIGHT THAT CAN WRECK A GIRL'S COMPLEXION.
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They were powered by limelights and could be bright enough to throw a big image on the side of the building at night.
Blog text (6) -
[PLAYING LIMELIGHT]
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[PLAYING LIMELIGHT]
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Up close, Freddy looked a bit dull; in fact, he was downright dense, but Olive didn't notice as she peered at him through the dim limelight.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her dark face was unreadable as she stood in the dust of the stage wings, the bare boards drafty, the huge canvas backdrops hanging on their pulleys over their heads, the limelight dead.
Fiction book (1993) -
Gosta Bergman studies the transition in theater lighting during the nineteenth century from gaslight to limelight and the electric arc lamp (z33-300).
Academic text (1997) -
Ghostly blue-white limelight, fed by compressed oxygen and coal gas, threw shadows into every corner and across the roof, which hung oppressively low, a constant reminder of the thousands of tons of stone and wood bearing down.
Fiction book (1995) -
The actor stood in the limelight while delivering his powerful monologue on stage.
Synonyms
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2.9
A strong focused lamp that lights one person or a small area on stage
15
2.5
A narrow line of light from a lamp or the sun
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3.0
A thing like a lamp or candle that makes a place bright so you can see
10
2.6
Soft light from a fire in a room or fireplace
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3.4
A very bright light that shines over a large area, like a stadium
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3.3
Light from fire that people carry to see in the dark
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9.9
Light produced by burning gas for street or home use
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5.5
A bright focused light that shines on a performer
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6.3
A bright lamp with a wide beam used to light a stage or set
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7.9
A complete electric light unit that holds a bulb and other parts
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3.2
A light that shines on actors and the stage during performances
A very bright stage light made by heating a block of lime with a flame
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Morphology
Etymology
Limelight named a 19th century stage lamp that used heated lime, a white material, to produce a very bright white light on the stage.