floodlight
floodlight noun: a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood.
Noun
floodlight (plural floodlights)
- A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- The floodlights bathed her in a pool of light.
- Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
Verb
floodlight (third-person singular simple present floodlights, present participle floodlighting, simple past and past participle floodlit or floodlighted)
- To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
floodlight meaning in Tamil and Kannada
floodlight in Tamil
- ஒளிவெள்ளம்
floodlight in Kannada
- ತಡಸಲು ದೀಪ, ಹೊನಲು ಬೆಳಕು
Forms of floodlight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | floodlights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | floodlights |
| present participle | floodlighting |
| past participle | floodlit |
| past | floodlit |
| past participle | floodlighted |
| past | floodlighted |
Origin of floodlight
From flood + light.
Questions about floodlight
- What does floodlight mean?
- Floodlight means a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood.
- What is floodlight in Tamil?
- Floodlight in Tamil is ஒளிவெள்ளம். See Floodlight meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is floodlight?
- Floodlight can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of floodlight?
- The plural of floodlight is floodlights.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: floodlight (page history and authors); floodlight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); floodlight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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