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Definition of "skylight" [sky•light]

  • An overhead window, as in a roof, admitting daylight. (noun)
  • Light from the sky. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "skylight" in a sentence
  • "The term skylight had been used by submariners since first venturing under the polar ice cap."
  • "They warned that a skylight is an easy entry for a bandido."
  • "Sleeping on the deck by the cabin skylight, I was very close to her when her revolver went off, and continued to go off."