gaslight

incontável

A noun referring to light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas, typically used in lamps or fixtures.

• 🇵🇹Luz produzida pela queima de gás de iluminação, usada em lampiões ou luminárias. Também se refere à manipulação psicológica em que alguém é levado a duvidar da própria percepção ou sanidade.

1. Gaslight (illumination) B1 formal

   Light that is produced by burning illuminating gas, typically used in street lamps or indoor fixtures.

   • The old street still uses gaslight for a nostalgic effect.
   • She read by the soft glow of the gaslight in her room.
   • The theater's gaslight fixtures added a vintage charm.
   • Gaslight illuminated the cobblestone alley.

   🇵🇹Luz de gás

2. Gas lamp or fixture B1 formal

   A lamp or lighting fixture that burns illuminating gas to produce light.

   • They installed a decorative gaslight on the front porch.
   • The antique gaslight in the hall needed a new mantle.
   • Gaslights are still common in some historic districts.
   • He carefully lit the gaslight before the dinner party.

   🇵🇹Lampião a gás

   Sinônimos: gas fixturegas lamp

• gaslights plural form
• gaslights' possessive plural form
• gaslight's possessive singular form