Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One of a series of lights that are usually attached to tall poles, are spaced at intervals along a public street or roadway, and are illuminated from dusk to dawn. Also called streetlamp.
Wiktionary
- n. countable Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
- n. uncountable The light produced by these lights.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
Etymologies
- street + light (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Let me just interject some here, when Sidney used the term streetlight, it's probably a different product than the area light.”
“The simple concept of changing the outlook of something so ordinary as a streetlight is genial – the way Lovegrove did it is astonishing.”
“They're completely dark — it's night by now — and only the streetlight is spraying a little bit of illumination into the room, barely enough to see by.”
“The sun has already gone down when a "streetlight," "headlight" and "porch light" provide all the light there is a small-town neighborhood.”
“The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.”
“i got the book in my hands, and it isn't really clear if it's day or night because of the way the sky is colored/shaded. the only clue is one picture of a streetlight which is not on, therefore - daytime. yes, there isn't the same group of onlookers, but like does it matter said, this could be prep. orange cinema”
“My grasp on the sword went limp, the angle of the blade catching the streetlight and making the blood shine.”
“The most advertising we had previously seen was an ad in L.A. Weekly or a flyer posted on a notice board outside a club or pinned to a streetlight.”
“The curved silhouette of a woman hovered just outside the streetlight, the ambiance brushing over her skin in sickly yellow hues.”
“The sign hanging from the shutter of the Pit creaked lightly in the breeze, the faded paint gleaming under the dim streetlight.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘streetlight’.
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alopecia
i suppose, all of the words & phrases yoni wolf uses in alopecia, that i love.
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100indecisions's Words
plethora, inexorable, anaphora, dreamscape, cobblestone, streetlight, phantasmagoria, eidolon, specter, netherworld, colophon, defenestrate and 26 more...
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for the scene to be changed
gloaming, star, starry, autumn, sky, funeral, moon, ocean, fog, moor, masquerade, moonlight and 16 more...
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spanglemaker
twilight, la moon, sparkle, spangle, still, silence, now, forever, always, you, miracle, star and 42 more...
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cityland
skyline, cobblestone, streetlight, skyscraper, interstate, cityscape
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of place and such
caravan, gloaming, moor, ocean, skyline, streetlight, cobblestone, hinterland, lunar, starlight
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