Words Like FLASHLIGHT
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to FLASHLIGHT.
    
    
    
        
            2 Alternative Words Similar to flashlight
   
            
               
            
            
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        Penlight
    
    
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        9 definitions of flashlight
           
        
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        a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness.
    
    
    
 
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        a portable battery-powered electric lamp, small enough to be held in one hand; -- it is most commonly cylindrical, but other forms are also made. It is called in Britain a torch
    
    
    
 
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        a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
    
    
    
 
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        A small portable lamp usually powered by batteries.
    
    
    
 
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        A brief brilliant flood of light from a photographic lamp.
    
    
    
 
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        A bright light, as of a signal lamp, that flashes at regular intervals.
    
    
    
 
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        A light so arranged as to emit sudden brilliant gleams, lasting but a short time: used for military signals and in lighthouses. See lighthouse.
    
    
    
 
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        A preparation emitting when ignited a sudden and very brilliant light, used in taking instantaneous photographs at night or in a room insufficiently lighted by natural light, etc. It usually consists chiefly of a magnesium powder, sometimes in combination with guncotton.
    
    
    
 
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        A battery-powered hand-held lightsource.