Usage of "pilot light"

Portuguese

Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner.

Indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation.

Usage of pilot light in English

A furnace pilot light may have ignited the butane vapors, he said. 
 Reuters 

Somehow I'd always expected it would be square-likea big pilot light!' 
 Non-Stop 

Last week the pilot light for my water heater went out. 
 Wired 

Realising the gas was not lit, I pressed the red pilot light button. 
 The Guardian 

She was a woman in whom even the pilot light had gone out. 
 Gratitude 

Beneath this was a gaping maw that seemed to contain a pilot light. 
 Year Zero 

Just take a deep breath and we'll light your pilot light. 
 The adventures of button 

Locker Room:Some Sundays the pilot light refuses to come on. 
 The Irish Times 

Yet my love for her is like a pilot light that refuses to dim. 
 You say tomato, I say shut up 

When the red pilot light is extinguished, you know both amplifiers are turned off. 
 Wired 

Out of billions, just five neurons are enough to keep the pilot light on! 
 Gods go begging 

My inner spark, the pilot light of my being, has run out of fuel. 
 The Irish Times 

Her pilot light was relit, and King Rat shriveled inside. 
 The adventures of button 

Mr Andrews described the restrictions for some businesses as a " pilot light" phase. 
 News.com.au 

Only the occasional stale glow of a pilot light illuminated the coiled miles of corridor. 
 Non-Stop 

A few sauced groomsmen chatted her up, but none of them lit her pilot light. 
 Real life & liars 

Translations for pilot light

Portuguese

Meanings of pilot light in English