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Noun: floodlight  'flúd,lIt
  1. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
    "The photographer set up several floodlights to evenly illuminate the large group portrait";
    - flood, flood lamp, photoflood
Verb: floodlight (floodlit)  'flúd,lIt
  1. Illuminate with floodlights
    "The stadium was floodlit for the night game"

Derived forms: floodlit, floodlights, floodlighting

Type of: illume [archaic], illuminate, illumine, light, light source, light up

Part of: photographic equipment

Encyclopedia: Floodlight