floodlight

[ fluhd-lahyt ]

/ ˈflʌdˌlaɪt /

an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.

a lamp or projector that produces such a light.

to light up or illuminate with a floodlight.

Origin of floodlight

First recorded in 1920–25; flood + light¹

Ivan Fitzgerald, who was carrying the floodlight, swung it slowly around.

Omnilingual |H. Beam Piper
A floodlight in the yard made the whole place as light as day.

A Yankee Flier in Italy |Rutherford G. Montgomery
It was as if someone had snapped on a floodlight in a darkened room, and he saw something he had never seen before.

Star Surgeon |Alan Nourse
The glider had disappeared—all I could see was the floodlight.

The Trouble with Telstar |John Berryman

A floodlight turned the area in front of the gate into a patch of daylight.

The Whispering Spheres |Russell Robert Winterbotham

floodlight

/ (ˈflʌdˌlaɪt) /

a broad intense beam of artificial light, esp as used in the theatre or to illuminate the exterior of buildings

the lamp or source producing such light

(tr) to illuminate by or as if by a floodlight