skylight
noun
sky·light
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Definition of skylight
1
: the diffused and reflected light of the sky
2
: an opening in a house roof or ship's deck that is covered with translucent or transparent material and that is designed to admit light
Examples of skylight in a Sentence
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Some neighbors are objecting specifically to the changes to the roof, which has seven dormer-style window structures that serve a massive skylights. — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, "Proposed apartment project in Baltimore’s Clipper Mill creates more strife," 29 Aug. 2019 Vaulted ceilings in the living room and master bedroom provide a spacious, open feeling, and a skylight in the master suite will brighten your mornings. — Bang Staff And Correspondents, The Mercury News, "Sponsored: On the water in Alameda," 27 Aug. 2019 The studio part of it has been extended, with high, vaulted ceilings and a skylight. — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, "Vija Celmins’s Surface Matters," 26 Aug. 2019 Officers responded to the BP gas station on Bridge Street in Pelham around 3 a.m. Monday and found that a skylight had been pushed in, according to a press release from the Pelham Police Department. — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Night crawler crew’ apparently breaks into Pelham, N.H., gas station," 20 Aug. 2019 Be’eri arranged for the property to be rented to Elad and, in October 1991, agents of the group executed a home takeover in the dead of night, descending by a rope through a skylight while the Abbasis slept in their beds. — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, "Common Ground," 19 Aug. 2019 There's a skylight in the middle of living room and kitchen, but that barely provides enough natural light to reach the length of both rooms. — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, "6 Tricks to Make a Windowless Room Feel Bright," 1 July 2019 Officers were watching the front and back side of the music venue’s building at Fifth Avenue and C Street Friday after someone reported a man on the roof, kicking in a skylight. — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Police search for possible burglar inside downtown House of Blues," 21 June 2019 The building itself is a work of art, with giant bubble windows protruding from the exterior and an interior atrium with a spiral staircase twisting toward a latticed skylight. — Katherine Rodeghier, Dallas News, "St. Petersburg, Fla., goes from senior rest home to hipster hangout," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'skylight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for skylight
skylight
noun
English Language Learners Definition of skylight
: a window in the roof of a house or on a ship's deck
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skylight
noun
sky·light
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Kids Definition of skylight
: a window or group of windows in a roof or ceiling
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