B2nounnaturearts
US/ˈmuːn.laɪt/
UK/ˈmuːn.laɪt/
the light that comes from the moon at night
In context
The whole lake looked silver in the bright moonlight.
We walked home by moonlight because the streetlamps were broken.
Soft moonlight came through the window and lit the bedroom.
Words that go with moonlight
noun + preposition
- in the moonlightThey danced on the beach in the moonlight.
- by moonlightThe sailors found their way by moonlight.
adjective + noun
- bright moonlightBright moonlight made it easy to see the path.
- pale moonlightThe ruins glowed in the pale moonlight.
- soft moonlightSoft moonlight lit the garden.
verb + preposition
- bathed in moonlightThe valley was bathed in moonlight.