floodlight

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

   The floodlights bathed her in a pool of light.

2. noun Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
3. verb To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).

Similar words

photoflood flood flood lamp floodlamp flashflood flicker show flash flood flashlamp footlight sky-flood

Often followed by

on of and is the in that was to

Word family

floodlighted floodlighting floodlights floodlit