searchlight
pronunciation
How to pronounce searchlight in British English:
UK [ˈsɜːtʃlaɪt]
How to pronounce searchlight in American English:
US [ˈsɜːrtʃlaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
Word Origin
- searchlight (n.)
- also search-light, 1882, from search (v.) + light (n.).
Example
- 1. Fox searchlight says it has complied with the law .
- 2. News corp. 's fox searchlight expanded the drama ' the descendants ' to 2001 theaters from 560 the previous weekend .
- 3. The shock acts as a searchlight by revealing the structure of the interstellar medium .
- 4. Mr. glatt filed suit , accusing fox searchlight pictures of minimum wage violations .
- 5. The first one that might occur to him is to manufacture light , to use a lantern or a searchlight .