Definition of DAYLIGHT

daylight

Plural: daylights

Noun

  • the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
  • light during the daytime
  • The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
  • A light source that simulates daylight.
  • The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
  • The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
  • Daybreak.
  • Exposure to public scrutiny.
  • A clear, open space.
  • The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
  • Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
  • Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
  • The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.

Verb

Verb Forms: daylighted, daylit, daylighting, daylights

  • To illuminate or expose something with natural light.
  • To expose to daylight
  • To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
  • To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
  • To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
  • To gain exposure to the open.

Examples

  • All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.
  • Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
  • Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.
  • He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.
  • His brilliant play helped daylight a hidden triple-word score.
  • The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.
  • The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.
  • There's not much daylight between saying that the universe is God and saying that God doesn't exist.
  • We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.
  • We had only two hours to work before daylight.
  • We should get home while it's still daylight.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

Antonyms

night, darkness

Scrabble Score: 16

daylight: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
daylight: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
daylight: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

daylight: valid Words With Friends Word