backlight
/ˈbæk.laɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.48 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette."
- "Egg candling uses backlight to look for chick embryos."
- "If I do use backlight, it's not to separate the subject from the background; I use it to set a psychological mood, or to create a look."
- "It offers few subtleties, but those can be effective, as when the chorus is backlighted in the rear of the auditorium to produce an ominous play of shadows onstage."
- "Backlit by the setting sun, an Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino crosses the River Ribble at Preston on December 30 2022."