skylight
A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural lightA window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
» I can't reach the skylight.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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
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.
A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.
Examples
7 sentencesI can't reach the skylight.
A room with a skylight would be fine.
Light penetrated the room only through a skylight.
The poor man fell through the open skylight.
I like the house with its skylight on the roof.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From sky + light.From sky + light.
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