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# skylight

noun (a skylight, skylights)

«skylight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life and design: attics and kitchens have skylights. In science about light: skylights let natural light in, saving electricity. In stories, someone may climb out through the skylight.

### Examples

- Rain drummed on the skylight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x1)
- The skylight lets light into the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x2)
- We could see stars through the skylight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x3)
- The cat climbed out through the open skylight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x4)
- A skylight saves electricity in the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x5)
- Snow covered the skylight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Compound: sky + light. Not the same as "daylight" or "skyline".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skylight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skylight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skylight.html) on Mova free.