Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apparatus containing a light source and a reflector for projecting a high-intensity beam of approximately parallel rays of light.
- noun The beam of light so projected.
- noun A flashlight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An electric arc-light having a lens or reflector, mounted on shipboard or on land on a vertical axis in such a way that the beam of light may be made to traverse in a horizontal path.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.
- noun The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
light source that projects a brightbeam of light in any direction. - noun The light from the above source.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
Etymologies
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Examples
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
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This should make for a interesting day in searchlight NV.
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By the way I have a very good education from France and I would have to look in a dictionary to see what the word for searchlight is as well.
Trueque 2009
oroboros commented on the word searchlight
The searchlight metaphor: The greater swath the searchlight penetrates, the greater is the circumference of the unknown. So, the more we know, the more we don't know.
November 9, 2008
rfb commented on the word searchlight
Richard Nixon's Secret Service code name...
November 15, 2008