stoplight
Americannoun
noun
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a red light on a traffic signal indicating that vehicles or pedestrians coming towards it should stop
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another word for brake light
Etymology
Origin of stoplight
Example Sentences
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Beckstrom grew up in a tiny community of homes cradled in the Appalachian Mountains on a ridge above a town of roughly 700 people that has the only stoplight in a county of 8,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025
A driver slammed into the back of my car while I was at a stoplight during rush hour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
The shadows of trees in a car’s headlights; a stoplight swaying softly in the wind while it changes color; the sensation that something peculiar will inevitably appear the longer a car stays in motion.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025
They idled at a stoplight, and Kendra stared at an overweight woman gassing up her minivan.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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