Meaning & use
Lite-Brite
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Meaning
nouncountabletrademark
A children's toy consisting of a black board with small holes, into which colored plastic pegs are pushed to make glowing pictures.
Grammar: Countable: one Lite-Brite, two Lite-Brites; often used without 'a' when talking about the toy in general.
Patterns
- a Lite-Brite
- play with a Lite-Brite
- make a picture on a Lite-Brite
My little sister got a Lite-Brite for her birthday and spent all afternoon making a picture of a cat.
The old Lite-Brite in the attic still works, but some of the colored pegs are missing.
In the 1980s, a Lite-Brite was one of the most popular toys for children.
Word forms
| plural | Lite-Brites |
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Common combinations
- play with a Lite-Brite
- The children played with a Lite-Brite while their parents cooked dinner.
- colored pegs for a Lite-Brite
- You can buy extra colored pegs for a Lite-Brite online.
- make a picture on a Lite-Brite
- He made a picture of a rocket on his Lite-Brite and showed it to the class.
- a Lite-Brite set
- The toy store sells a Lite-Brite set that includes over 200 pegs.
Commonly confused: Lite-Brite or light bright?
Lite-Brite vs light bright
This is a common misspelling based on the pronunciation. The toy's official name is Lite-Brite, with capital letters and no 'gh'.
Practice
Which sentence uses the toy name correctly?
Choose one answer.
Lite-Brite is a trademarked name, so both parts are capitalized and the second part is spelled Brite, not Bright. The other options are misspellings or use the wrong capitalization.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Lite-Brite”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.