Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Artificial light in an intensely bright and broad beam.
- noun A unit that produces a beam of intense light; a flood.
- transitive verb To illuminate with a floodlight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
projector of a brightbeam of light for use intheatres andstudios ; aflood - noun Powerful
artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate asports ground. - verb To
enlighten orilluminate with floodlight.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- verb illuminate with floodlights
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Examples
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We wanted to take a "floodlight" evening boat ride, but it was canceled owing to the flooding.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Humans, by contrast, have "floodlight" intelligence, he says: they can use a single system of thought in multiple ways and can translate information from one context to another.
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# posted by Anonymous : 3:04 PM theres a very big drum and bass tune called "floodlight" by dj fresh that uses the "valley girl" voice....
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"We're trying to get a floodlight," she added, less it seems for illumination and safety than to humble miscreants.
Among the Occupiers Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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With no rescue tools or floodlight to search in the dark, the volunteer firefighter headed back to the town hall disaster headquarters to call for reinforcements.
Would-Be Rescuers Still Haunted by Japan's Disasters Yuka Hayashi 2011
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The blank kit, with no name or number, didn't stop referee Uriah Rennie booking him for a foul, before, to cap things off, the game was abandoned after 57 minutes due to floodlight failure.
The most drawtastic day in football history | The Knowledge 2011
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In League Two, Southend's game at Aldershot was abandoned at half‑time owing to floodlight failure with the Shrimpers leading 1-0 and the hosts down to 10 men after Darren Jones's dismissal.
West Ham's draw at Birmingham City proves costly for Sam Allardyce 2011
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Now there are kids taking same-sex partners to prom and all that, which is good, but the floodlight on this subject brings a backlash ...
Religious Gays Tell Teens 'It Gets Better' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I still have a big old floodlight from my 8mm movie camera days ...
Sell A House With Creative Photo Lighting | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The FA refused, so the match went ahead, as I recall, on a Friday afternoon, to save on floodlight costs.
The Knowledge | Vegetarian footballers in the Premier League | Barry Glendenning 2011
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