- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
"do you have a light?"

- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

- transport in a flatbottom boat

1. One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

1. A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.

Lighter screw
(Mach.), a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.

1. To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.