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skylight(dictionary)

topee (oh) and skylight (iou)


topee (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Hindi; Origin: topi 'hat']
a light hard hat that you wear to protect your head from the sun in hot countries

skylight (iou)



skylight noun & verb. L17.
[from SKY noun + LIGHT noun.]
A. noun.
Light emanating from the sky. L17.
b. Photography. In full skylight filter. An almost colourless lens filter used to counter excessive blueness from skylight. M20.
A window set in the plane of a roof or ceiling. L17.
S. Beckett Too cold to open the skylight in the garret. J. Glassco The moon shining through the skylight.
b. verb trans. Provide with a skylight or skylights. rare. M19.
skylighted adjective provided with or lit by a skylight or skylights M19.
skylit adjective illuminated by the sky; esp. = skylighted: L19.