Meaning

2 senses

  1. A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.

    Suchscheinwerfer

    проже́кторprožéktor

    a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction

  2. The light from the above source.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Ziri searched the surrounding waters with a searchlight.

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  2. Jonas saw a boat with a searchlight on it.

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  3. Ziri turned on the searchlight.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction:

Origin

From search + light. Compare West Frisian sykljocht (“searchlight”), Dutch zoeklicht (“sea

From search + light. Compare West Frisian sykljocht (“searchlight”), Dutch zoeklicht (“searchlight”), Danish søgelys (“searchlight”), Swedish sökarljus (“searchlight”).

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Forms

plural: searchlights
Singularsearchlight
Pluralsearchlights

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
searchA2searchablesearcherseashellseashore

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