flashlight

CEFRA2

/ˈflæʃˌlaɪ̯t/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small battery-powered light.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).

Examples

  • I shone a flashlight into the dark room.

  • I groped for a flashlight.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A photograph taken with a flash camera.

  2. A battery-powered hand-held light source.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To illuminate with a flashlight.

More examples

In context

  • At school he used to do Dr. Jekyll turning into Mr. Hyde, shining a flashlight into his face.

  • He sat in an arm-chair with his forefinger to his temple, and when the photographer's flashlight went off, he hoped that the hotel had caught fire and that this would end it all.

  • Autis stepped carefully while flashlighting the fog in front of himself and Gar.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From flash + light.