sunbeam
NounUS[suhn-beem]/ˈsʌnˌbim/2 syllables
Synonyms:
sunray
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a ray of sunlightSynonyms: sunrayType of beam, beam of lightPart of sunlight, sunshine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sun′beam′ noun
Origin: AS. sunnebeam.
A beam or ray of the sun. “Evening sunbeams.” John Keble
Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even On a sunbeam.— John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54