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Flashlight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small portable lamp usually powered by batteries.

n. A brief brilliant flood of light from a photographic lamp.

n. A bright light, as of a signal lamp, that flashes at regular intervals.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A battery-powered hand-held lightsource.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness.

n. a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a torch

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A light so arranged as to emit sudden brilliant gleams, lasting but a short time: used for military signals and in lighthouses. See lighthouse.

n. A preparation emitting when ignited a sudden and very brilliant light, used in taking instantaneous photographs at night or in a room insufficiently lighted by natural light, etc. It usually consists chiefly of a magnesium powder, sometimes in combination with guncotton.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

Word Usage

"(By the way, taking out contact lenses by the light of a flashlight is an interesting experience.)"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

electric lamp

Cross Reference

headlamp handlamp

Variant

torch

Hyponym

penlight

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

torch

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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