lightnoun(BRIGHTNESS)
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lights
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[ plural ]mainly UK
animal lungs eaten as food:
The French like to poach lights before frying them with onions, tomatoes, and a wine sauce.
They used the whole animal, including the liver and lights.
He prepared a stew of pork liver and lights.
Cook the lights for around an hour and a half until they are tender.
Parboil the lights and mix them with suet.
See alsolightnoun(LUNGS)
In the US, lights are mainly fed to pets.
Lights are technically offal, but animal lungs tend not to be eaten in the UK.
In Turkey and Greece, skewered lamb's lights are wrapped with intestines and grilled to produce kokoreç or kokoretsi.