floodlight | meaning of floodlight in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Technology, Daily lifeldoce_109_bfloodlightflood‧light /ˈflʌdlaɪt/ noun [countable]    TDa very bright light that is used to light the outside of a building or sports ground at night  The church was lit up by floodlights.under floodlights  The game will be played under floodlights.Examples from the Corpusfloodlight• The bright beam of a floodlight sprang out and flickered up and down the length of our vessel, examining us.• This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables.• They were brought up on Deepdale plastic, gleaming under powerful floodlights.• We are the peeping toms focusing on her daughter's floodlight naked body, suspended shimmering from a swing.• Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles.• Under the floodlights his full mouth and his eyes seemed to gleam.• The floodlight outside - harsh and white - lit her like she was on stage.• Kirov glanced casually at a pair of tripod cameras and an umbrella floodlight.under floodlights• This was staged in the evening under floodlights on a football pitch.