searchlight

See also: search-light

English

Etymology

From search +‎ light

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: search‧light

Noun

searchlight (plural searchlights)

A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.
The light from the above source.

Hypernyms

light

Translations

a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction

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Chinese:
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Finnish: valonheitin (fi)
French: projecteur (fr) m
Hungarian: fényszóró (hu), keresőlámpa, reflektor (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: søkelys (no) n

Nynorsk: søkelys n
Russian: проже́ктор (ru) m (prožéktor)
Spanish: proyector de búsqueda m
Volapük: litijedian

the light from the above source

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Chinese:
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Finnish: valokeila
French: faisceau (fr) m

Hungarian: fénysugár (hu), fénykéve
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Verb

searchlight (third-person singular simple present searchlights, present participle searchlighting, simple past and past participle searchlighted)

(transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.

References

searchlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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