FOOTLIGHTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does footlights mean? 

• FOOTLIGHTS (noun)
  The noun FOOTLIGHTS has 1 sense:

1. theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors

  Familiarity information: FOOTLIGHTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTLIGHTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("footlights" is a kind of...):

theater light (any of various lights used in a theater)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("footlights" is a part of...):

apron; forestage; proscenium (the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain))

 Context examples 

It seems to me there is no smell like that of the hot oil in the footlights and of the oranges in the pit.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)