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[ surch-lahyt ] / ˈsɜrtʃˌlaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR searchlight ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction. a beam of light so thrown. Origin of searchlightFirst recorded in 1880–85; search + light1 Words nearby searchlightsearch engine, search engine optimization, searcher, searching, searchless, searchlight, search me, search order, search party, search term, search warrant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for searchlightI suspect very few—unless you were vacationing in Hawaii or returning home to Searchlight, Nevada. The ‘Defining Issue of Our Time’ Is Obama’s Constitutional Excesses|Ron Christie|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Most of his shooting stories are about hunting, and most of those are from his childhood in Searchlight. The Gun-Control Fight Harry Reid Can’t Win|David Freedlander|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST "You came to the Senate from Searchlight with very little," Angle said. No Knockout Punch for Reid|Benjamin Sarlin|October 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST Limping ahead of the old hunter, Tom flashed the searchlight directly on the heavy door. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer|Jessie Graham Flower
But before they disappeared inside a yellow flame flashed out from the vicinity of the searchlight, followed by a dull roar. Commander Lawless V.C.|Rolf Bennett From Morro Castle, and from all the defenses, the eyes of the garrison were fixed upon the searchlight. Under the Star-Spangled Banner|F. S. Brereton For a moment the searchlight rested on the launch, which continued on its course. The Black Star|Johnston McCulley They would break off now and then with a reference to the activity of the searchlight. The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
British Dictionary definitions for searchlight
nouna device, consisting of a light source and a reflecting surface behind it, that projects a powerful beam of light in a particular direction the beam of light produced by such a device Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to searchlightlight, flashlight, beacon, torch, gaslight, hurricane lamp, strobe, stroboscope |