fairy light
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Definition
Noun: A small, decorative electric light, typically one of a string of such lights, used for ornamental illumination, especially during festive seasons like Christmas.
Usage
Fairy light is a countable noun. It refers to a single, small lamp. The term is most commonly used in its plural form, fairy lights, to describe a string or set of these lights. - Primary Use: Describing decorative lighting for celebrations, holidays, parties, or general home decor. - Typical Context: The lights are often hung on Christmas trees, along walls, around windows, or in gardens to create a festive or magical atmosphere.
Examples
- We hung fairy lights around the bedroom to make it feel cozy.
- The garden was decorated with thousands of twinkling fairy lights for the summer party.
- One of the fairy lights on the string has burned out.
Advanced Usage
- "to be lit up like fairy lights": To be brightly and cheerfully decorated.
- The whole street was lit up like fairy lights for the festival.
- Used metaphorically to describe something that sparkles or twinkles.
- From the plane, the city at night looked like a web of fairy lights.
Variants and Related Words
- String lights (n): A more general term for a connected string of small lights, often used interchangeably with .
- Twinkle lights (n): A term emphasizing the sparkling, shimmering quality of the lights.
- Festoon lights (n): Lights often hung in a loop or curve for decoration.
Synonyms
- Decorative light: A general term for any light used for ornamentation.
- Mini light: Emphasizes the small size of the individual bulbs.
Related Phrases
- To drape/string/hang fairy lights: Common verbs describing the action of putting up these lights.
- They strung fairy lights across the balcony.
- A strand/string/set of fairy lights: Common collocations describing a connected series of lights.
- We need a new set of fairy lights for the tree.
Noun
- a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)