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floodlight Definition

flood·light (fludlīt′)

noun

  1. an artificial light of high intensity, usually with a reflector that causes it to shine in a broad beam
  2. such a beam of light

transitive verb -·light′ed or -·lit′, -·light′·ing

to illuminate by a floodlight or floodlights

floodlight Usage Examples

Object

  • waterhole: We return to camp to spend the evening game viewing at the floodlit waterhole.
  • pitch: Remember the floodlit football pitch by the Golden Eagle?
  • skiing: There is also floodlit skiing on offer 3 nights a week.
  • court: Burn off the calories on the floodlit tennis court or work out in the gym with a team of personal trainers.
  • tennis: Reethi Beach Resort has a gym, plenty of games and a sports complex with squash, indoor badminton, and floodlit tennis.
  • arena: An all weather floodlit arena is also under consideration.

Converse of object

  • install: On the 19th September 1960 the club installed floodlights.
  • see: By now you should be able to see the floodlights.
  • have: Every pitch had floodlights, in addition there was a sound system that had a reach to all the pitches.
  • use: Darren Kirby, Chairman of Towcester Junior FC said; We have several age groups using the floodlights during the week.
  • include: Facilities Plymouth track has recently been awarded funding from Sport England to improve facilities including floodlights which will enable all year round training.

Preposition: at

  • night: Windsor Castle is floodlit at night for the duration of the Horse Show.

Adjective modifier

  • new: Off the field, a set of new, single column floodlights replaced those which had stood for over 30 years.
  • permanent: Made his senior debut earlier in the campaign in the first match played under the permanent floodlights at Chelmsford against Pakistan.
  • powerful: The firemen can even train at night for the drill yard has been equipped with powerful floodlights.

Modifies a noun

  • pylon: The ground also benefits from having some striking floodlight pylons at each corner of the ground.
  • failure: In the light of recent events at Lancaster City, SCAN Sport takes a look at the top five floodlight failures of our time.

Modifying Another Word

  • fully: Hopefully since becoming fully floodlit night time assaults should be a less likely possibility.

Noun used with modifier

  • halogen: The site was lit by four halogen floodlights at the corners, an echo of the original guard towers of the PoW camp.

Present participle complement

  • drive: Welcome to the Golf Shop The Golf shop is a golf retail establishment with an onsite 20 bay floodlit driving range.

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