FLASHLIGHT

flashlight, torch

(noun) a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flashlight (plural flashlights)

(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).

Synonyms

• (hand-held light source) torch (UK, Aus, NZ)

Hyponyms

• pocket light

Verb

flashlight (third-person singular simple present flashlights, present participle flashlighting, simple past and past participle flashlit)

(transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight.

Source: Wiktionary



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