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dimmer switch

dimmer switch noun: a light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off.

Noun

dimmer switch (plural dimmer switches)

  1. A light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off.
    • Elder Price: "Well, Elder McKinley, I think it's okay that you're having gay thoughts just so long as you never act upon them."
      Elder McKinley: "No, because then you're just keeping it down, like a dimmer switch on low (on low), thinking nobody needs to know (Uh-oh!)"2011, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone, “Turn It Off” (track 5), in The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
  2. (rare) A switch that changes the headlamps on a motor vehicle from low to high and from high to low beam; a high-beam switch; a brights switch.

Synonyms of dimmer switch

Forms of dimmer switch

pluraldimmer switches

Questions about dimmer switch

What does dimmer switch mean?
Dimmer switch means a light switch which can adjust the brightness of the switched lamp from dim to bright, as well as turning it on and off.
What part of speech is dimmer switch?
Dimmer switch is a noun.
What is the plural of dimmer switch?
The plural of dimmer switch is dimmer switches.

Words near dimmer switch in the dictionary

  1. dimmen
  2. dimmened
  3. dimmening
  4. dimmens
  5. dimmer
  6. dimmer switch
  7. dimmer switches
  8. dimmers
  9. dimmest
  10. dimmet
  11. dimmeth

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