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flashlight.

A battery-powered hand-held light source.

10 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈflæʃˌlaɪ̯t]General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t]/ˈflaʃˌlɑjt/British, Southern, Standard

  1. A battery-powered hand-held light source.

    Canada · Philippines · US
    I shone my flashlight on the strange inscription.

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

  3. A photograph taken with a flash camera.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From flash + light.

verb/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈflæʃˌlaɪ̯t]General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t]/ˈflaʃˌlɑjt/British, Southern, Standard

  1. To illuminate with a flashlight.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From flash + light.

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