fanlight
/ˈfænˌlaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.
noun
An electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture.
Example Sentences
- "One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness except for the fan-light, Mr. Utterson stopped and knocked. A well-dressed, elderly servant opened the door."
- "Limpet was out, but with a deal of struggling he managed to screw himself through the fanlight, removing in that process the dust of many ages."
- "Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door."
- "This street is Summer. Faces of brick run together to make a single block-long face. The house numbers are set in fanlights of stained glass above the doors."
- "It turned out to be a big gloomy pile with ivy and peeling walls and a smashed fanlight over the door, the kind of place where you picture a mad stepdaughter locked up in the attic."
Etymology
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Phrases
dummy fanlight