underlight

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noun

Illumination from underneath.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

noununderlight (plural underlights)

plural underlights

  1. Illumination from underneath.

    But there are some minor underlights beneath the high arm and on the left of the face; these are reflected lights that bounce off nearby parts of the figure itself.

    1981, Burne Hogarth, Dynamic Light and Shade, page 43
  2. A highlight in an underlayer of a person's hair.

Origin

From under- + light.

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APA

underlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlight

MLA

“underlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underlight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlight.

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