lighter
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/ˈlaɪtə/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.“The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.”
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.“She had light skin.”
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.“I like my coffee light.”
adjective
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.“a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons”
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.“feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water”
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.“to issue light coin”
- Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
noun
- One who, or that which, lights.“a lighter of lamps”
- A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.“Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.”
noun
- A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
verb
- To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
adjective
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.“The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.”
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.“She had light skin.”
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.“I like my coffee light.”
adjective
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.“a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons”
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.“feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water”
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.“to issue light coin”
- Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
Related words
Synonyms
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