Street lamp

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).

    "‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’"

  2. 2
    a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street wordnet

Example

More examples

"‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’"

Etymology

From street + lamp.