street lamp
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- noun
- /strit læmp/
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- A street lamp illuminated the darkened street as the evening fell.
- street lamp light
- street lamp illuminates
- glow of a street lamp
Examples
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The yellow leaves still fluttered down in the light of the street lamps.
Fiction book (1991) -
The narrator is frightened, and at night moves from the light of one street lamp to another.
Fiction book (1997) -
Suddenly, they came running out of the dark into the light of the street lamp.
Fiction book (1999) -
When he passed under the street lamp, they saw the blood on his coat.
Fiction book (1993) -
Imagine a man walking down a street underneath the street lamps.
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Light from the street lamp hit the frosted window and broke into thousands of pieces.
Fiction book (1996) -
I could only see the snow falling through the shine of occasional street lamps.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the corner, Leonid chanced upon an old friend standing under the street lamp.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the glow of a street lamp, Catch sees a bright-colored object in the gutter.
Fiction book (2001) -
The store was dimly lit by the street lamp and passing cars that threw shadows across the walls.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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A lamp on a pole that lights a street
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A tall light on a pole that shines on streets at night
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound's meaning is directly compositional: a 'lamp' located on or used for a 'street' (i.e., a lamp for lighting public streets). This noun-noun formation follows a common and cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun street lamp comes from old towns where people put a lamp on a post by the street to light the road at night. That's why it means 'a lamp mounted on a post, used for lighting public streets'.