streetlight

noun

street·​light ˈstrēt-ˌlīt 

: 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

Examples of streetlight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The increase would have brought the average annual bill to $117, generating an additional $80 million a year as the city faces a backlog of broken streetlights due to stagnant funding and a rise in vandalism and theft. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Pulisic grew up in this south-central Pennsylvania community surrounded by farms and rolling countryside, where even the streetlights along Chocolate Avenue are shaped like Hershey’s Kisses. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

As always, rural areas, open fields and elevated viewpoints are generally better than neighborhoods surrounded by streetlights, buildings and trees. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

There is glare from streetlights, bright headlights from oncoming vehicles, and dark skies in the background. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 27 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for streetlight

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight

Kids Definition

streetlight

noun

street·​light -ˌlīt 

: a light usually on a pole that is one of a series spaced along a public road