variants
or less commonly red light
: relating to or being an area with many brothels or sex workers
Just inside the entrance to "Picasso Érotique," the exhibition's designer has recreated an imagined bordello bedroom as one might have existed in the red-light district of Barcelona in the era of Picasso's youth.—
Arthur C. Danto
Arthur C. DantoIn the beginning, entertainment ran more along the lines of saloons, card games and red light activities.—Jennifer Houghton
Jennifer Houghton
: a warning signal
especially
: a red traffic signal
Examples of red-light in a Sentence
Noun
the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions
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Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The amenity village will also be home to Hale House, where residents can expect to indulge in a state-of-the-art fitness center designed in partnership with Technogym, a thermal spa with hot pools and cold plunge, infrared sauna, steam room, red-light therapy, and numerous treatment rooms.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The talents are seen posing in a public bathroom with red and black tiles, reproducing the set of Michele’s sophomore Valentino ready-to-wear show, staged in a giant public toilet bathed in red light.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
With tools like the Lyma Laser Pro ($5,995) boasting cold laser technology and NuFace leveraging micro current and red-light therapy ($595 for its most advanced set), approved by hundreds of dermatologists and influencers alike.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The amenity village will also be home to Hale House, where residents can expect to indulge in a state-of-the-art fitness center designed in partnership with Technogym, a thermal spa with hot pools and cold plunge, infrared sauna, steam room, red-light therapy, and numerous treatment rooms.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
Roderick Forkner, a 19-year-old student at Southern University in the state's capital of Baton Rouge, was gunned down and his passenger was injured when another vehicle pulled up next to their car at a red light and fired on them with a gun early Monday, local outlet WAFB Channel 9 reported.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The talents are seen posing in a public bathroom with red and black tiles, reproducing the set of Michele’s sophomore Valentino ready-to-wear show, staged in a giant public toilet bathed in red light.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Red-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-light. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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