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STREETLIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does streetlight mean?
• STREETLIGHT (noun)
The noun STREETLIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
Familiarity information: STREETLIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
street lamp; streetlight
Hypernyms ("streetlight" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
Meronyms (parts of "streetlight"):
lamppost (a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight))
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