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streetlamp

streetlamp

7 1.0
A tall light on a pole that shines on streets at night
  • noun
  • /ˈstritˌlæmp/
translation icon : farola
  • The children laughed and played under the bright streetlamp on the corner.
  • streetlamp light
  • streetlamp-lit sidewalk
  • streetlamp on the corner

Examples

  • The last light faded from the day, and the streetlamps were flickering to life.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • There is little light from the streetlamp, but not enough.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • There was a bright moon and a streetlamp down the road.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Across the street, a woman stood under a streetlamp, looking like she was waiting for a bus.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The light of the streetlamp outside gave her red hair a halo of silver.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We'd been standing under a flickering streetlamp outside my apartment building.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The empty streets were lit by a ghostly light from streetlamps wreathed in summer mist.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • As night fell, the streetlamp cast a warm glow over the quiet road.

  • He found his way home by following the row of streetlamps lining the avenue.

Synonyms

streetlight
vsstreetlamp
29 1.0

A lamp on a pole that lights a street

is the general term used for the same outdoor lighting
lamppost
vsstreetlamp
20 1.0

A post with a lamp that lights streets at night

emphasizes the lamp and its light rather than the supporting post
street lamp
vsstreetlamp
8 1.0

A light on a pole that helps people see streets at night

has identical meaning but is written as one word

Antonyms

534 1.0

A time or place with almost no light

How Bright

searchlight
15 3.9
floodlight
9 3.4
streetlamp
7 1.0
lamp
274 1.0
candle
451 1.0

Surface Forms

streetlamp singular
streetlamps plural

Morphology

streetlamp = street + lamp (transparent) = street + lamp

The meaning is a direct combination of 'street' + 'lamp': a lamp located on a street; both components are common vocabulary.

Etymology

The word streetlamp is a simple compound: street (a public 'road') + lamp (an object for 'light', once a 'torch'), so it literally means a lamp that lights the street at night.