limelight

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Synonyms: lime light, flamelight, lamplight, icelight, lovelight, sidelight, firelight, limelights

Antonyms: lime light, flamelight, lamplight, icelight, lovelight, sidelight, firelight, limelights

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Noun

1. The intense white [[light]] produced when heating [[lime]] in an [[oxyhydrogen]] flame.
2. A type of [[stage]] [[lighting]] once used in [[theatre]]s and [[music hall]]s, producing a [[bright]] light by the use of [[incandescent]] [[quicklime]].
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} [[attention|Attention]], [[notice]], a [[starring]] or [[central]] [[role]], present [[fame]]; [[spotlight]].

Verb

1. to [[illuminate]] with limelight

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