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 Definitions of searchlight  [ˈsɜrtʃˌlaɪt]  

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Definition of 'searchlight' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) searchlight
a device, usu. consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.

2.  searchlight
a beam of light so thrown.

Etymology:  (1880–85)

Definition of 'searchlight' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) searchlight
a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction


Translation of 'searchlight' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a strong light with a beam that can be turned in any direction, used eg to see enemy aeroplanes in the sky.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: soeklig Arabic flag Arabic: نور كَشّاف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прожектор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: holofote Czech flag Czech: světlomet German flag German: der Suchscheinwerfer
Danish flag Danish: søgelys Greek flag Greek: δυνατός προβολέας για τον Spanish flag Spanish: reflector, proyector
Estonian flag Estonian: helgiheitja Farsi flag Farsi: نورافكن Finnish flag Finnish: valonheitin
French flag French: projecteur Hebrew flag Hebrew: זְרַקוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: खोज-बत्ती
Croatian flag Croatian: reflektor Hungarian flag Hungarian: keresőlámpa Indonesian flag Indonesian: lampu sorot
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leitarljós; kastljós Italian flag Italian: proiettore, riflettore Japanese flag Japanese: サーチライト
Korean flag Korean: 탐조등 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prožektorius Latvian flag Latvian: prožektors
Malay flag Malay: lampu cari Dutch flag Dutch: zoeklicht Norwegian flag Norwegian: søkelys, lyskaster
Polish flag Polish: reflektor szperacz Persian flag Persian: نورافكن Pashto flag Pashto: رڼا غورزونكى ( روشني اندا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: holofote Romanian flag Romanian: proiector Russian flag Russian: прожектор
Slovak flag Slovak: svetlomet Slovenian flag Slovenian: žaromet Serbian flag Serbian: reflektor
Swedish flag Swedish: strålkastare, sökarljus Thai flag Thai: ไฟฉาย Turkish flag Turkish: ışıldak, projektör
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 探照燈 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прожектор Urdu flag Urdu: تیز برقی روشنی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đèn pha rọi Chinese flag Chinese: 探照灯

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