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HEDL-amp/ˈhedlæmp/

A headlamp can be a light on the front of a car (also headlight) or a light you wear on your forehead (a head torch in many UK shops). Check the context: dip your headlamps on a dark road; wear a headlamp in a tent. Countable. A lamppost is a street light, not on a vehicle.

Meaning

A light on the front of a vehicle, or a light worn on the head.

Examples

• “One headlamp on the hire car has blown, so we should get it checked.”
• “The MOT failed because one headlamp was out of line.”
• “Pack a headlamp for the towpath; it is unlit after the lock.”

Good to know

a headlamp: a car front light, or a light on your head. Close: a headlight / a head torch. Contrast: a lamppost.

Near in meaning

headlight

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