English Explanatory Dictionary

uplight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
verb
  1. To light up, illuminate.
  2. To illuminate from below.

Word forms

uplight uplights uplighting uplighted uplit

Etymology

From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).

Synonyms

uplighter
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