streetlight

noun street·light \ ˈstrēt-ˌlīt \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Definition of streetlight

: a light usually mounted on a pole and constituting one of a series spaced at intervals along a public street or highway — called also streetlamp

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Recent Examples of streetlight from the Web

Despite its troubling ranking, the city in 2016 saw improvement in its fatality numbers, which dropped after 65,000 streetlights were installed over a three-year period.

— kristi tanner, Detroit Free Press, "Death on foot: Pedestrian fatalities skyrocket in U.S.," 8 May 2018
There were no sidewalks or streetlights (there still aren't) and equestrian uses of the land were not just allowed, they were encouraged.

— scott garner, latimes.com, "Neighborhood Spotlight: Hidden Hills offers gated seclusion A-listers seek," 4 May 2018
Farrell’s proposal also includes money to keep five existing Pit Stops open longer each day, and to increase the areas targeted by the city’s Fix-It team, which responds to a variety of quality-of-life problems, like graffiti or broken streetlights.

— dominic fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, "SF Mayor Mark Farrell aims more money at city’s filthy streets," 25 Apr. 2018
His work brought us the Triac semiconductor, and familiar parts of our daily lives such as daylight-sensitive streetlights, light dimmers, and the Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt mechanism, to name but a few.

— courant.com, "Edward Keith Howell," 27 May 2018
All is quiet in the tiny village—a cluster of buildings with a single string of streetlights, tucked between frozen hills and frozen sea.

— eva holland, Smithsonian, "Where the Doomed, Beloved Polar Bear Is Still a Dangerous Predator," 16 May 2018
For instance, a section of Grand Avenue in Waukesha went dark from near Carroll University and south, affecting homes, streetlights and some businesses, including the Speedway convenience store.

— jim riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Winds from storm causes some problems for Waukesha County, but there have been worse," 3 May 2018
The streetlights seemingly and effortlessly bounced off her perfect skin like the moonlight bouncing off a motionless lake.

— sean lester durham, The Root, "We Head South," 8 Apr. 2018
Investigators at the scene said that the explosive device was planted next to a streetlight and that a second bomb, powered by 9-volt batteries, was found nearby, less than a foot underground.

— New York Times, "Blast Hits Palestinian Prime Minister’s Convoy in Gaza," 13 Mar. 2018

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