sky·light

(skī′līt′)

1. An overhead window, as in a roof, admitting daylight.

2. Light from the sky.

3. A hole in the congealed surface of a lava flow, through which flowing lava can be seen.

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skylight

(ˈskaɪˌlaɪt)

(Building) a window placed in a roof or ceiling to admit daylight. Also called: fanlight

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sky•light

(ˈskaɪˌlaɪt)

n.

an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.

[1670–80]

sky′light`ed, sky′lit` (-ˌlɪt) adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

skylight - a window in a roof to admit daylight

fanlight

window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

Translations

كُوَّة السَّقف

světlík

ovenlysvinduetagvindue

Dachfenster Oberlicht

lucarne

òakgluggi

lucernario

takvindu

svetlík

tavan penceresiüst aydınlık

天窗

skylight

[ˈskaɪlaɪt] N → tragaluz m, claraboya f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

skylight

[ˈskaɪlaɪt] n → puits m de lumière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

skylight

[ˈskaɪˌlaɪt] n → lucernario

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sky

(skai) – plural skies (often with the) – noun

the part of space above the earth, in which the sun, moon etc can be seen; the heavens. The sky was blue and cloudless; We had grey skies and rain throughout our holiday; The skies were grey all week.

ˌsky-ˈblue adjective, noun

(of) the light blue colour of cloudless sky. She wore a sky-blue dress.

ˈsky-diving noun

the sport of jumping from aircraft and waiting for some time before opening one's parachute.

ˈsky-diver noun

ˌsky-ˈhigh adverb, adjective

very high. The car was blown sky-high by the explosion; sky-high prices.

ˈskyjack verb

to hijack a plane.

ˈskyjacker noun

ˈskylight noun

a window in a roof or ceiling. The attic had only a small skylight and was very dark.

ˈskyline noun

the outline of buildings, hills etc seen against the sky. the New York skyline; I could see something moving on the skyline.

ˈskyrocket verb

to rise sharply; to increase rapidly and suddenly. Housing prices have skyrocketed.

ˈskyrocket noun

a rocket firework that explodes in brilliant colourful sparks.

ˈskyscraper noun

a high building of very many storeys, especially in the United State.

the sky's the limit

there is no upper limit eg to the amount of money that may be spent. Choose any present you like – the sky's the limit!

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Then Clara, the coloured maid, would escort you up the carpeted ladder that served for the fourth flight, and show you the Skylight Room.

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While the storm continued, no one seemed inclined to sit down, but they collected in little groups under the central skylight, where they stood in a yellow atmosphere, looking upwards.

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It is in the form of a half orange, of enormous dimensions, and well lighted, though no light penetrates it save that which is admitted by a window, or rather round skylight, at the top; and it was from this that the emperor examined the building.

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This was too much, and the black, afraid more of Van Horn than of Jerry, turned and fled for'ard, leaping to safety on top of the eight Lee-Enfield rifles that lay on top of the cabin skylight and that were guarded by one member of the boat's crew.

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In fact, he had no occasion to go on the poop, or even look that way much; but while the ship was about to anchor, casting his eyes in that direction, he received an absurd impression that his captain (he was up there, of course) was sitting on both sides of the aftermost skylight at once.

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I heard nothing but the quickening crackle of the flames, and the sharp snap of the glass in the skylight above.

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We struck for the stern of the texas, and found it, and then scrabbled along forwards on the skylight, hanging on from shutter to shutter, for the edge of the skylight was in the water.

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Often as a boy I had clambered over them, for the fearful fun of risking life and limb, or the fascination of peering through the great square skylight, down the well of the house into the hall below.

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The spars rigged up on the narrow hulls were indeed tall then, and the ship of which I think, with her coloured-glass skylight ends bearing the motto, "Let Glasgow Flourish," was certainly one of the most heavily-sparred specimens.

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Jaggers's room was lighted by a skylight only, and was a most dismal place; the skylight, eccentrically pitched like a broken head, and the distorted adjoining houses looking as if they had twisted themselves to peep down at me through it.

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He put his hand on his stomach and said, "Oh, my!" and then staggered away and fell over the coop of a skylight.

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I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.

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