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View synonyms for sunbeam

sunbeam

[ suhn-beem ]

noun

  1. a beam or ray of sunlight.
  2. 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

  1. a beam, ray, or stream of sunlight
  2. slang.
    a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for a meal but remaining unused
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsunˌbeamed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sunbeamed sunbeamy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sunbeam1

before 1000; Middle English sunnebem, Old English sun ( ne ) bēam. See sun, beam
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Example Sentences

By the time I was home again, the New Yorker clipping was browning around the edges from the sunbeams that came through our big kitchen windows, making it look like a neglected pancake.

To quantify this aperiodic activity, scientists break down the raw EEG data, much as a prism can decompose a sunbeam into a rainbow of different colors.

When the sun warms your face, it’s shooting more than just sunbeams at your skin.

When the first sunbeam gleamed through the window of Bat's tiny kitchen, I arose, pulled on my boots and went to feed my horse.

He likes to hear me talk though; I have made several bright remarks for the pleasure of the sunbeam in his eyes.

The unintercepted sunbeam struck his eyes at five and speedily woke him.

Again was Ida thrown off her guard, and the smile that answered irradiated her face like a sudden sunbeam.

I watched you dart like a sunbeam into the forest, so I followed with my slow speed to give you warning.'

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