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

In addition, many streetlight systems across the city of San Diego are built on series circuits that make all the lights go dark if just one in the series has a problem. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026

Crews have spent the last year fixing more than 700 broken streetlights. —Adam Duxter, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026

Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands. —Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026

O’Neal watched the streetlights pass, their cadence a tide of sorts, pooling off-yellow waves. —Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 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