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flash⋅light

[flash-lahyt]
–noun
1. Also called, especially British, torch. a small, portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries or a tiny generator.
2. a light that flashes, as a lighthouse beacon.
3. any source of artificial light as used in flash photography.

Origin:
1885–90; flash + light 1
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flash·light   (flāsh'līt')   
n.  
  1. A small portable lamp usually powered by batteries.

  2. A brief brilliant flood of light from a photographic lamp.

  3. A bright light, as of a signal lamp, that flashes at regular intervals.

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