skylight
noun (a skylight, skylights)
Everyday
A skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above. tree →
In the lessons
Used in everyday life and design: attics and kitchens have skylights. In science about light: skylights let natural light in, saving electricity. In stories, someone may climb out through the skylight.
Examples
- Rain drummed on the skylight. tree →
- The skylight lets light into the attic. tree →
- We could see stars through the skylight. tree →
- The cat climbed out through the open skylight. tree →
- A skylight saves electricity in the day. tree →
- Snow covered the skylight. tree →
Note
Countable. Compound: sky + light. Not the same as "daylight" or "skyline".
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «skylight» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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