Lighter - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires (syn: igniter, light)
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) (syn: barge, flatboat, hoy)
verb
Extra examples
Nash's other hand flashed forward a lighter with the obsequious speed of a motor salesman.
When air is warmed it expands and becomes lighter.
Her red blouse ran on the lighter colored clothes in the wash.
I wanted a lighter yellow paint for the walls.
Traffic is lighter before 8 a.m.
His speech gradually became lighter in tone.
The show looks at some of the lighter moments from the world of politics.
On a lighter note, the concert raised over £300 for school funds.
Your phone can be plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in your car.
The smaller boat was lighter and rode higher in the water.
Today's computers are becoming much smaller and lighter.
The CD player had been wired up to the car's cigarette lighter.
Let's continue our discussion in a lighter vein.
The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter
Word forms
singular: lighter
plural: lighters
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