floodlit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈflʌdlɪt/
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lit by floodlights.
The depot yard is floodlit by three light clusters mounted on steel masts at a height of 50 ft. above ground level.
1958 October 14, “New Motive Power Depot at Thornaby, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 678:There are floodlit car parks on each side of the station.
1962 June, “The Eastern Region completes the Colchester scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 411:It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9:We have taken adequate steps to provide for people's security. There are security guards inside and outside the building. The entire building will be flood-lit.
1976 December 4, anonymous quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3:
Translations (2)
nb flombelyst (lit by floodlights) · da projektørbelyst (lit by floodlights)