Meaning

4 senses
  1. A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

    Dachluke, Dachfenster, Dachflächenfenster

    светово́й люкsvetovój ljuk

    a window in a roof to admit daylight

  2. Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.

  3. A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.

  4. A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I can't reach the skylight.

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  2. A room with a skylight would be fine.

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  3. Light penetrated the room only through a skylight.

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  4. The poor man fell through the open skylight.

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  5. I like the house with its skylight on the roof.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
window dome or opening in the roof:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
window dome or opening in the roof:

Origin

From sky + light.

From sky + light.

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Forms

plural: skylights
Singularskylight
Pluralskylights

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a window in a roof to admit daylight:fanlight

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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