"brake light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brake lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brake light (plural brake lights)
  1. (transport, automotive) A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking. Categories (topical): Automotive, Transport Translations (light on the rear of a vehicle): pidurituli (Estonian), jarruvalo (Finnish), Bremslicht (German), féklámpa (Hungarian), bromslykta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brake_light-en-noun-hNXoX0VN Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'light on the rear of a vehicle': 85 15
  2. (transport, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system. Categories (topical): Automotive, Transport Synonyms: stop lamp
    Sense id: en-brake_light-en-noun-lM0j07zA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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