Sidelight Definition

sīdlīt
sidelights
noun
sidelights
A light coming from the side.
Webster's New World
A bit of incidental knowledge or information on a subject.
Webster's New World
Either of two running lights carried on the side of a ship or boat, a red one on the port side and a green one on the starboard.
Webster's New World
A window or opening in or at the side of a wall, door, etc.
Webster's New World
An additional activity; a sideline.
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Other Word Forms of Sidelight

Noun

Singular:
sidelight
Plural:
sidelights

Origin of Sidelight

Sidelight Sentence Examples

  • He peeked through the sidelight then gasped in disbelief.

  • An interesting sidelight is thrown upon this period by the list of the Thalassocracies in the Chronicon of Eusebius p. 226,226, ed.

  • This may throw a sidelight on the regard in which " American business methods " are held in some parts of the world.

  • In fact it casts a rather satirical sidelight on people who interfere with the lives of others.

  • And the end of George V throws an illuminating sidelight on Palace politics.

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Words Starting With

SSISID

Words Ending With

THTGHT

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With T