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View synonyms for sunbeam
sunbeam
[ suhn-beem ]
noun
- a beam or ray of sunlight.
- Australian Slang. a dish or utensil that has not been used during a meal and so does not have to be washed.
sunbeam
/ ˈsʌnˌbiːm /
noun
- a beam, ray, or stream of sunlight
- slang.a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for a meal but remaining unused
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Derived Forms
- ˈsunˌbeamed, adjective
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Other Words From
- sunbeamed sunbeamy adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Mom gave him a look that was all sunbeams.
From Literature
On a frigid Wednesday afternoon, sunbeams poured into Maurice Sendak’s studio in Ridgefield, Conn., crisscrossing one another with the precision and warmth of the children’s books that were born in this room.
From New York Times
A sunbeam spotlighted the rise and fall of his white belly.
From Literature
As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam.
From Scientific American
When car exhaust and refinery hydrocarbons, which we had aplenty, are bombarded by sunbeams — voila— we get ozone, a principal ingredient in smog.
From Los Angeles Times
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