Searchlight
Pronunciation : Search"light`, n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays
Part of Speech : usually
Definition :
devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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