"floodlight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: floodlights [plural]
Etymology: From flood + light. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|flood|light}} flood + light Head templates: {{en-noun}} floodlight (plural floodlights)
  1. A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood Translations (a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood): прожектор (prožektor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), projektør [common-gender] (Danish), projektørlys [neuter] (Danish), valonheitin (Finnish), Flutlicht [neuter] (German), teilgeoir tuilsholais [masculine] (Irish), refletor [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-floodlight-en-noun-SlSIstZ1 Disambiguation of 'a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood': 95 5
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Light sources Translations (powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam): fladebelysning [common-gender] (Danish), kenttävalaistus (Finnish), Flutlicht [neuter] (German), flomlys [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-floodlight-en-noun-1vNgZKUW Disambiguation of Light sources: 29 60 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 68 4 Disambiguation of 'powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: light

Verb

Forms: floodlights [present, singular, third-person], floodlighting [participle, present], floodlit [participle, past], floodlit [past], floodlighted [participle, past], floodlighted [past]
Etymology: From flood + light. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|flood|light}} flood + light Head templates: {{en-verb|floodlights|floodlighting|floodlit|past2=floodlighted}} floodlight (third-person singular simple present floodlights, present participle floodlighting, simple past and past participle floodlit or floodlighted)
  1. (transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s). Tags: transitive Translations (illuminate with floodlights): tūrama raharaha (Maori), flombelyse (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-floodlight-en-verb-HkuKmx5D

Inflected forms

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