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  • beam — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 ray of light ADJECTIVE ▪ light ▪ bright, intense, powerful ▪ narrow, thin ▪ flashlight …   Collocations dictionary

  • Searchlight — Search light , n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • searchlight — [sʉrch′līt΄] n. 1. an apparatus containing a light and reflector on a swivel, for projecting a strong, far reaching beam in any direction 2. such a beam …   English World dictionary

  • searchlight — ► NOUN ▪ a powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction …   English terms dictionary

  • Searchlight — A searchlight is an apparatus with reflectors for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.Military use of searchlights started late 19th… …   Wikipedia

  • beam — ray, beam are comparable when they denote a shaft of light. This conception of light as a shaft is fixed in our language but is not always in keeping with modern scientific views of the nature of light. Ray suggests emanation from a center or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • searchlight — /serrch luyt /, n. 1. a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction. 2. a beam of light so thrown. [1880 85; SEARCH + LIGHT1] * * * ▪ lighting       high intensity electric light with a… …   Universalium

  • searchlight — noun Searchlight is used before these nouns: ↑beam …   Collocations dictionary

  • searchlight — noun Date: 1883 an apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light; also a beam of light projected by it …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • searchlight — search•light [[t]ˈsɜrtʃˌlaɪt[/t]] n. 1) a device, usu. consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction 2) a beam of light so thrown • Etymology: 1880–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • searchlight — /ˈsɜtʃlaɪt/ (say serchluyt) noun 1. a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction. 2. a beam of light so thrown. {search + light1} …  

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