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 city has maintained strict lighting codes ever since, with streetlights and public lighting designed to protect night-sky visibility. —Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026

Officers on surveillance saw several people cutting wire from streetlights on the Marshall Avenue-Lake Street Bridge and later from streetlights near Marshall Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard. —Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026

Also, Zack Wickham hits his head on a streetlight while on a double-decker party bus? —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2026

The neighborhood has no sidewalks or streetlights, and the narrow asphalt road provides just enough room for passing traffic to get past the pileup of parked cars. —Richard Ruelas, USA Today, 17 Feb. 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