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ultralight

US/ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/

ultralight adjective: extremely light; weighing very little.

Adjective

ultralight (not comparable)

  1. Extremely light; weighing very little.

Noun

ultralight (plural ultralights)

  1. An aircraft that weighs very little.
    • The last time I was at Victoria Falls, ultralights and hang gliders, small planes and helicopters, hot-air balloons and bungee jumpers, gorge swingers and rappelers and cable sliders were jostling for air space above the falls and the canyons that slice through the black basalt below them.2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa

Forms of ultralight

pluralultralights

Origin of ultralight

From ultra- + light.

Words formed from ultralight

Questions about ultralight

What does ultralight mean?
Ultralight means extremely light; weighing very little.
What part of speech is ultralight?
Ultralight can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ultralight?
Ultralight is pronounced /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/ (US).

Words near ultralight in the dictionary

  1. ultralente
  2. ultralethal
  3. ultraliberal
  4. ultraliberalism
  5. ultraliberals
  6. ultralight
  7. ultralightness
  8. ultralights
  9. ultralightweight
  10. ultralinear
  11. ultralocal

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