streetlamp
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- noun
- /ˈstritˌlæmp/
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- The children laughed and played under the bright streetlamp on the corner.
- streetlamp light
- streetlamp-lit sidewalk
- streetlamp on the corner
Examples
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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.
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He found his way home by following the row of streetlamps lining the avenue.
Synonyms
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A lamp on a pole that lights a street
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A post with a lamp that lights streets at night
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A light on a pole that helps people see streets at night
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.