streetlight

noun
UK /ˈstriːtlaɪt/
US /ˈstriːtlaɪt/

A tall lamp on a pole that lights up the street at night.

The streetlight flickered on as the sun went down.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A light fixture mounted on a tall pole beside a road.

Workers replaced the broken streetlight on our corner.

3. The glow or illumination given off by such a lamp.

We walked home under the soft streetlight.

4. A pole with a lamp at the top, considered as a whole structure.

A car crashed into the streetlight outside the school.