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yardlight

yardlight noun: a freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.

Noun

yardlight (plural yardlights)

  1. A freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.
    • We had the choice of activities — looking at TV, or looking out the window at the paved parking lot with its big yardlights.2008, Preston Wilson, Tales of Finnigan LeBlanc, Prince of Mushrat, page 99
    • On either side of the highway farmhouses were set off by faint blue yardlights, the houses all scattered and isolated in the dark country, and far ahead down the highway the streetlights of Holt were a mere shimmer on the low horizon.2012, Kent Haruf, Eventide

Forms of yardlight

pluralyardlights
alternative formyard light

Origin of yardlight

From yard + light.

Questions about yardlight

What does yardlight mean?
Yardlight means a freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.
What part of speech is yardlight?
Yardlight is a noun.
What is the plural of yardlight?
The plural of yardlight is yardlights.

Words near yardlight in the dictionary

  1. yardland
  2. yardlands
  3. yardless
  4. Yardley
  5. Yardleys
  6. yardlight
  7. yardlights
  8. yardlike
  9. yardlong
  10. yardlong bean
  11. yardlong beans

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