skylight
pronunciation
How to pronounce skylight in British English:
UK [ˈskaɪlaɪt]
How to pronounce skylight in American English:
US [ˈskaɪˌlaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a window in a roof to admit daylight
Word Origin
- skylight (n.)
- 1670s, "light from the sky," from sky (n.) + light (n.). Meaning "small opening in a roof to admit light" is recorded from 1680s. Related: Sky-lit.
Example
- 1. You see that skylight up there ?
- 2. The couple installed an electric blind over the skylight so they can surprise guests with it when they visit .
- 3. The foyer , showing seating designed by robin day , and michel santry 's sculpture suspended from a skylight .
- 4. In the guest bedroom , there 's a skylight that looks onto the church 's main stained-glass dome .
- 5. Her home features patio furniture and a stairway made of bones , floors covered in wine corks and beer bottle caps , and a skylight that used to be a pyrex baking dish .