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FLOODLIGHT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: floodlit
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Synonyms:
flood; flood lamp; floodlight; photoflood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floodlight" is a kind of...):
light; light source (any device serving as a source of illumination)
Holonyms ("floodlight" is a part of...):
photographic equipment (equipment used by a photographer)
Derivation:
floodlight (illuminate with floodlights)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they floodlight ... he / she / it floodlights
Past simple: floodlighted /floodlit
Past participle: floodlighted /floodlit
-ing form: floodlighting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "floodlight" is one way to...):
illume; illuminate; illumine; light; light up (make lighter or brighter)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
floodlight (light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography)