sidelightnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsaɪd.laɪt/us/ˈsaɪd.laɪt/sidelight noun [ C ] (LIGHT)
UK US parking light either of the two smaller lights fixed on the front of a car
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- hazard (warning) light
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- wing
- wing mirror
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sidelight noun [ C ] (INFORMATION)
a piece of extra information that helps you understand something in a slightly new way:
What he said threw/cast an interesting sidelight on what had happened.