pot light

Flush ceiling lamp

A pot light is a recessed light fixture installed flush with a ceiling, so named because the housing resembles a pot or can set into the ceiling cavity.

The term is primarily Canadian; Americans typically call these recessed lights or can lights.

We're installing pot lights in the kitchen.

Related

flush · halogen · LED · warm white · cool white · trim · canister · bulb · dimmer · dimmer switch · beam · glow · kitchen · bathroom · living room · open concept · installation · new construction

Opposites
mounting style

pot lightpendant light

Suspended overhead illumination fixture

chandelier · drop light · wall sconce · table lamp · floor lamp

light direction

pot lightuplight

Fixture directing light upward

torchiere · cove lighting · indirect lighting · uplighter

light distribution pattern

pot lightambient light

Existing illumination in space

diffused light · indirect lighting · uplighting · cove lighting · globe light

Family

pot, light, pots, potted, potting, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G