Meaning & use
stoplight
A traffic signal that uses colored lights to control the flow of vehicles at an intersection.
See it in a sentence
We waited at the stoplight for nearly two minutes before it finally turned green.
The driver ran the stoplight and narrowly avoided hitting a pedestrian.
A note on using this word
Stoplight is common in American English, while 'traffic light' is used more widely across other English-speaking countries.
Words with a similar meaning
traffic light
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