SUNBEAM

sunbeam, sunray

(noun) a ray of sunlight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sunbeam (plural sunbeams)

A visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight.

(Australia, colloquial, dated) An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed.

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis.

Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.

(UK) synonym of sunshine

Proper noun

Sunbeam

An unincorporated community in Moffat County, Colorado, United States.

An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.

An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Source: Wiktionary


Sun"beam`, n. Etym: [AS. sunnebeam.]

Definition: A beam or ray of the sun. "Evening sunbeams." Keble. Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even On a sunbeam. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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