Usually means: Small, portable flashlight resembling pen.
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  1. penlight: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. penlight: Merriam-Webster
  3. penlight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. penlight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. penlight: Collins English Dictionary
  6. penlight: Vocabulary.com
  7. penlight: Wordnik
  8. penlight: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. penlight: Wiktionary
  10. penlight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. penlight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. penlight: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. penlight: Dictionary.com
  14. Penlight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. penlight: Rhymezone
  16. penlight: FreeDictionary.org
  17. penlight: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. penlight: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (penlight)

▸ noun:  A small torch or flashlight that resembles a fountain pen.

Similar:
penlite, pen torch, pocket light, pocket lamp, pocketlight, lightpen, torch, flashlight, handlamp, lightstick, more...

Opposite:
flashlight, lantern, torch

Adjectives:
small, little, tiny, bright, red, lighted, optic, shine, simple, blue, shielded

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Similar:
penlite, pen torch, pocket light, pocket lamp, pocketlight, lightpen, torch, flashlight, handlamp, lightstick, more...

Opposite:
flashlight, lantern, torch

Adjectives:
small, little, tiny, bright, red, lighted, optic, shine, simple, blue, shielded



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