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streetlight

UK/ˈstɹiːt.laɪt//ˈstɹit.laɪt/

streetlight noun: any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.

streetlight: any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban
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Noun

streetlight (countable and uncountable, plural streetlights)

  1. (countable) Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
    • At night the streetlights of Paris are beautiful to see.
  2. (uncountable) The light produced by these lights.
    • Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like / On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight1995, “Gangsta's Paradise”, performed by Coolio

streetlight meaning in Arabic, Indonesian, Persian and Thai

streetlight in Arabic

a lamp set along a street
مِصْبَاح الشَّارِع miṣbāḥ aš-šāriʕ

streetlight in Indonesian

a lamp set along a street
lampu jalan

streetlight in Persian

a lamp set along a street
چراغ خیابان čerâġ-e xiyâbân

streetlight in Thai

a lamp set along a street
เสาไฟ
More languagesFewer languages
streetlight in Vietnamese
đèn đường

Synonyms of streetlight

Forms of streetlight

pluralstreetlights
alternative formstreet light
alternative formstreet-light

Origin of streetlight

From street + light.

Words formed from streetlight

Questions about streetlight

What does streetlight mean?
Streetlight means any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
What is streetlight in Arabic?
Streetlight in Arabic is مِصْبَاح الشَّارِع (miṣbāḥ aš-šāriʕ). See Streetlight meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is streetlight?
Streetlight is a noun.
How do you pronounce streetlight?
Streetlight is pronounced /ˈstɹiːt.laɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of streetlight?
The plural of streetlight is streetlights.

Words near streetlight in the dictionary

  1. streetless
  2. streetlessness
  3. streetlet
  4. streetlets
  5. streetlife
  6. streetlight
  7. streetlight effect
  8. streetlighting
  9. streetlights
  10. streetlike
  11. streetling

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