taillight
One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from…One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
» Your car has a broken taillight.
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1 sensesOne of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
Rückleuchte, Rücklicht, Heckleuchte
за́дний фона́рьzádnij fonárʹ
lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
Examples
4 sentencesYour car has a broken taillight.
Didn't you know your taillights weren't working?
Didn't you know that your taillights weren't working?
Your right taillight is busted.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From tail + light.From tail + light.
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Forms
plural: taillightsSynonyms
4 synonyms- lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle:tail lamprear lightrear lamp
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.