1. a tall post with a light at the top, used to illuminate a street or public area

Examples

• The old streetlamp flickered in the evening fog.
• Workers are installing new LED streetlamps throughout the neighborhood.
• She waited under the streetlamp for the bus to arrive.
• The broken streetlamp left that corner of the street in darkness.
• Moths gathered around the bright streetlamp.
• The city replaced all the old streetlamps with energy-efficient models.