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uplight

uplight noun: a recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.

Noun

uplight (plural uplights)

  1. A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
    Synonyms:
    uplighter

Verb

uplight (third-person singular simple present uplights, present participle uplighting, simple past and past participle uplighted or uplit)

  1. (transitive) To light up, illuminate.
    • Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven
      Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven.1858, The Knickerbocker, volume 51, page 80
  2. (transitive) To illuminate from below.

Synonyms of uplight

Forms of uplight

Noun
pluraluplights
Verb
third-person singular presentuplights
present participleuplighting
past participleuplighted
pastuplighted
past participleuplit
pastuplit

Origin of uplight

From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).

Questions about uplight

What does uplight mean?
Uplight means a recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
What part of speech is uplight?
Uplight can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of uplight?
The plural of uplight is uplights.

Words near uplight in the dictionary

  1. upliftingness
  2. upliftings
  3. upliftment
  4. upliftments
  5. uplifts
  6. uplight
  7. uplighted
  8. uplighter
  9. uplighters
  10. uplighting
  11. uplights

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