Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a series of lights that are usually attached to tall poles, are spaced at intervals along a public street or roadway, and are illuminated from dusk to dawn.
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- noun countable Any large
outdoor light used to illuminate apublic area, usually urban. - noun uncountable The light produced by these lights.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let me just interject some here, when Sidney used the term streetlight, it's probably a different product than the area light.
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The simple concept of changing the outlook of something so ordinary as a streetlight is genial – the way Lovegrove did it is astonishing.
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They're completely dark — it's night by now — and only the streetlight is spraying a little bit of illumination into the room, barely enough to see by.
Poor Devil 2005
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They're completely dark — it's night by now — and only the streetlight is spraying a little bit of illumination into the room, barely enough to see by.
Poor Devil 2005
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The sun has already gone down when a "streetlight," "headlight" and "porch light" provide all the light there is a small-town neighborhood.
NYT > Home Page By JULIE JUST 2010
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The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.
Cool Hunting 2009
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The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.
Cool Hunting 2009
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The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.
Cool Hunting 2009
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The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.
Cool Hunting 2009
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The collapsable metal box resembles the kind of streetside sheds that commonly house electrical devices such as streetlight controls, new-age parking meters, and small generators.
Cool Hunting 2009
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