Definition of floodlight
1a : artificial illumination in a broad beamb : a source of such illumination
2 : a lighting unit for projecting a broad beam of light
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Examples of floodlight in a Sentence
The yard was lit by floodlights.
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Esplin said there is now a barricade and a floodlight at the manure pond on his dairy.
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Esplin said there is now a barricade and a floodlight at the manure pond on his dairy.
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LED lighting is being added at the top of the tower, and floodlights will illuminate the stone structure from below.
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LED lighting will be positioned at the top of the tower, while floodlights will illuminate the stone structure from below.
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The only illumination was a single floodlight mounted on a tall pole and a cloud insects was swarming around it in the summer heat.
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Perversion of a black man’s attempt to take care of himself doesn’t come in the form of a pickup with floodlights and a Confederate flag.
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The way your muscles glistened in the border floodlights was just sooooo amazing.
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The crowd, their crowd, rose to salute them, flags fluttering and shimmering under the floodlights.
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First Known Use of floodlight
1922
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Definition of floodlight
-lit
play \ˈfləd-ˌlit\ alsofloodlighted
;floodlighting
transitive verb
: to illuminate by means of one or more floodlights
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Colonel Beara was specifically accused of overseeing the beheading of up to 100 men and boys, of supervising the digging of mass graves, and of floodlighting killing zones so that firing squads could conduct executions at night.
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First Known Use of floodlight
1923
FLOODLIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of floodlight for English Language Learners
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: a light that shines brightly over a wide area
FLOODLIGHT Defined for Kids
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: a light that shines brightly over a wide area
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