Definition of searchlight in English:
searchlight
nounˈsəːtʃlʌɪtˈsərtʃˌlaɪt
A powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction.
the lifeboat's searchlight picked out a survivor on the rocks
Example sentencesExamples
- Then without warning large searchlights lit up all around the base of the tower and pointed up.
- During WWII searchlights were beamed continuously across Sydney Harbour as a deterrent to the Japanese.
- Eighty-eight powerful searchlights are used, each with a 7,000-watt bulb.
- They also move about unrestrained by razor wire, searchlights, locks or electric fences.
- The contact boat was only two miles from Grafton, and a chase ensued, with the suspected smugglers being illuminated by powerful searchlights.
Definition of searchlight in US English:
searchlight
nounˈsərCHˌlītˈsərtʃˌlaɪt
A powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction.
the lifeboat's searchlight picked out a survivor on the rocks
Example sentencesExamples
- The contact boat was only two miles from Grafton, and a chase ensued, with the suspected smugglers being illuminated by powerful searchlights.
- Then without warning large searchlights lit up all around the base of the tower and pointed up.
- Eighty-eight powerful searchlights are used, each with a 7,000-watt bulb.
- During WWII searchlights were beamed continuously across Sydney Harbour as a deterrent to the Japanese.
- They also move about unrestrained by razor wire, searchlights, locks or electric fences.