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Definition of Sunbeam
1. Noun. A ray of sunlight.
Generic synonyms: Beam, Beam Of Light, Irradiation, Light Beam, Ray, Ray Of Light, Shaft, Shaft Of Light
Group relationships: Sun, Sunlight, Sunshine
Definition of Sunbeam
1. n. A beam or ray of the sun.
Definition of Sunbeam
1. Noun. a narrow and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight ¹
2. Noun. (Australia colloquial) something that was taken out, but not used (e.g., the table was set, but the knife was not used. The knife is a "sunbeam" and can be returned to the silverware drawer without being washed). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunbeam
1. a beam of sunlight [n -S] : SUNBEAMY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunbeam
Literary usage of Sunbeam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"There was his trim yacht the sunbeam whi с h had to go to Australia somehow. ...
So at the risk of danger, dignity, and delay, the master of the sunbeam set ..."
2. Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1907)
"If I were a sunbeam, I know where I'd go: Into lowliest hovels, Dark with want
... Art thou not a sunbeam, Child whose life is glad With an inner radiance ..."
3. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"To keep the sunbeam out. But ever, as it touched the earth, It woke up happiness
and mirth. I may not tell the history Of all that it could do, ..."
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