Meanings
plural street lamps · alternative street-lamp · alternative streetlamp
- 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.’
1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 242Synonyms: streetlight
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).
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street lamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20lamp
“street lamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20lamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “street lamp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/street%20lamp.
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