fairy lights
fairy lights noun: small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.
Noun
fairy lights pl (normally plural, singular fairy light)
- Small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.
- Through the trees ahead came odd strains from the dance band in the Casino, and now I could see many twinkling fairy lights and detect moving figures.1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page i. 13
- I managed to put quite a lot of small baubles on the top of the tree that way and helped drape the long string of fairy lights around it, […]2010, Trisha Ashley, Twelve Days of Christmas, HarperCollins, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Christmas lights
Synonyms of fairy lights
Forms of fairy lights
| singular | fairy light |
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Questions about fairy lights
- What does fairy lights mean?
- Fairy lights means small electric lights on a strand which are used decoratively, especially on Christmas trees.
- What part of speech is fairy lights?
- Fairy lights is a noun.
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