dashboard light
Car warning signal
A dashboard light is any of the small illuminated indicators on a vehicle's instrument panel that signal status or warnings—fuel level, engine temperature, check engine, turn signals.
The phrase extends to any small warning indicator: All the dashboard lights in my brain were flashing.
The 1977 Meat Loaf song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" uses the phrase suggestively, associating the dim glow of car instruments with teenage sexual encounters.
- indicatorSign revealing status
- warningAlert about danger
- glowSteady, soft light
- panelDistinct flat section
- speedometerVehicle velocity display
gauge · ignition · check engine · oil pressure · tire pressure · fuel · battery · airbag · seatbelt · blinker · odometer · dimmer · amber · red · flashing · console · instrument cluster · cockpit
- car lights
- dashboardtachometer, odometer, fuel gauge, speedometer, gas gauge
- Car Electricsalternator, battery cable, battery terminal, fuse, fuse box
- signal lightsbeacon, signal lamp, emergency beacon, warning beacon, locator beacon
- Backlight TypesLED backlight, mini-LED, RGB LED
dashboard lightheadlight
Forward-facing vehicle lamp
headlamp · tail light · fog light · brake light · turn signal
dashboard lighthigh beam
Headlight's maximum intensity
headlight · spotlight · floodlight · beacon · searchlight
dash, board, light, dashed, dashing, dasher, boards, boarded, boarding