floodlight

Universal Words noun, verb noun [usuallypl.] a large powerful lamp, used for lighting sports grounds, theatre stages and the outside of buildings: a match played under floodlights floodlighting noun [U]: The floodlighting had been turned off. verb (floodlit, floodlit ) [VN] [usuallypassive] to light a place or a building using floodlights: The swimming pool is floodlit in the evenings. * floodlit tennis courts * They floodlight the aqueduct each night.