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Meaning of headlamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈhɛdˌlæmp/

Definitions

  1. An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
  2. A flashlight worn on the head.

Equivalents

Čeština čelovka světlomet
Français phare
Italiano fanale
한국어 전조등
Polski czołówka
Português farol
Русский фара
Українська фара
Tiếng Việt đèn pha

Examples

“The automobile headlamp uses either a parabolic reflector or a slight modification of it to obtain a concentrated light beam.”
“With its long tapered cowcatcher, massive headlamp and enormous diamond smokestack behind, wagon-top boiler, high running-plate above the driving-wheels reached from a front door in the square side-window cab, cylinders with slide valves mounted on top, and double bogie tender, General in its present form is typical of much earlier American locomotive practice.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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