Meanings
nounbrake light (plural brake lights)
plural brake lights
- automotiveA light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.
Synonyms: stop lamp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.
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nouna red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop
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Broader
visual signal
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Estonian pidurituli
- piduritulilight on the rear of a vehicle
Finnish jarruvalo
- jarruvalolight on the rear of a vehicle
German Bremslicht
- Bremslichtlight on the rear of a vehicle
Hungarian féklámpa
- féklámpalight on the rear of a vehicle
Polish światło hamowania
- światło hamowanialight on the rear of a vehicle
Spanish stop, estop
- stoplight on the rear of a vehicle
- estoplight on the rear of a vehicle
- luz de estoplight on the rear of a vehicle
- luz de frenolight on the rear of a vehicle
Swedish bromslykta
- bromslyktalight on the rear of a vehicle
Turkish fren lambası
- fren lambasılight on the rear of a vehicle
Cite this entry
APA
brake light. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20light
MLA
“brake light.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20light. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brake light,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20light.
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