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Sunbeam

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A ray of sunlight.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. Any butterfly of the genus Curetis.

n. Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A beam or ray of the sun.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A ray of the sun.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a ray of sunlight

Word Usage

"Survey-ships and detectors were out; the scientists of the Patrol had been for months hard at work on the "sunbeam" -a device to concentrate the energy of the sun into one frightful beam."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ray light beam irradiation beam of light shaft of light ray of light beam shaft

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

lamplight sunlight