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floodlit

/ˈflʌdlɪt/

floodlit adjective: lit by floodlights. Also the simple past and past participle of floodlight.

Adjective

floodlit (not comparable)

  1. Lit by floodlights.
    • It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9
    • The depot yard is floodlit by three light clusters mounted on steel masts at a height of 50 ft. above ground level.1958 October, “New Motive Power Depot at Thornaby, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 678

Also used as

floodlit is also the simple past and past participle of floodlight.

Questions about floodlit

What does floodlit mean?
Floodlit means lit by floodlights.
What part of speech is floodlit?
Floodlit is an adjective.
How do you pronounce floodlit?
Floodlit is pronounced /ˈflʌdlɪt/.

Words near floodlit in the dictionary

  1. floodlight
  2. floodlighted
  3. floodlighting
  4. floodlights
  5. floodlike
  6. floodlit
  7. floodmap
  8. floodmaps
  9. floodmark
  10. floodmarks
  11. floodometer

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