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DEADLIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("deadlight" is a kind of...):
shutter (a hinged blind for a window)
Holonyms ("deadlight" is a part of...):
porthole (a window in a ship or airplane)