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HOUSELIGHTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does houselights mean? 

HOUSELIGHTS (noun)
  The noun HOUSELIGHTS has 1 sense:

1. lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditoriumplay

  Familiarity information: HOUSELIGHTS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOUSELIGHTS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("houselights" is a kind of...):

light; light source (any device serving as a source of illumination)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("houselights" is a member of...):

theater light (any of various lights used in a theater)


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