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.
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