beam
noun
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
beams
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pluralof beam.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof beam (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
beamnounany of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
Example Sentences
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Guitarist Bonehead - who's strategically placed between Liam and Noel - beams from ear to ear.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
In the evening, two beams of light will project skyward from lower Manhattan, symbolic of the towers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The detector repeatedly records more baryons than antibaryons emerging sideways from the collisions, perpendicular to the direction of the incoming beams.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The sun was low, sending bright orange beams over the hills and curving fields.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
