Meanings
- not comparableLit by floodlights.
There are floodlit car parks on each side of the station.
1962 June, “The Eastern Region completes the Colchester scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 4113 more examples
It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9The depot yard is floodlit by three light clusters mounted on steel masts at a height of 50 ft. above ground level.
1958 October 28, “New Motive Power Depot at Thornaby, N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 678We have taken adequate steps to provide for people's security. There are security guards inside and outside the building. The entire building will be flood-lit.
1976 December 4, anonymous quotee, “Opulent Rainbow Disco Makes Boston Debut”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 3
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of floodlight
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveilluminated by means of floodlights
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish projektørbelyst
- projektørbelystlit by floodlights
Norwegian Bokmål flombelyst
- flombelystlit by floodlights
Cite this entry
floodlit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlit
“floodlit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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