sunbeam
a beam or ray of sunlight.
Australian Slang. a dish or utensil that has not been used during a meal and so does not have to be washed.
Origin of sunbeam
1Other words from sunbeam
- sunbeamed, sunbeamy, adjective
Words Nearby sunbeam
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How to use sunbeam in a sentence
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.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWhen the sun warms your face, it’s shooting more than just sunbeams at your skin.
We still don’t really know what’s inside the sun—but that could change very soon | Charlie Wood | November 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen the first sunbeam gleamed through the window of Bat's tiny kitchen, I arose, pulled on my boots and went to feed my horse.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe likes to hear me talk though; I have made several bright remarks for the pleasure of the sunbeam in his eyes.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
The unintercepted sunbeam struck his eyes at five and speedily woke him.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasAgain was Ida thrown off her guard, and the smile that answered irradiated her face like a sudden sunbeam.
Alone | Marion HarlandI watched you dart like a sunbeam into the forest, so I followed with my slow speed to give you warning.'
Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
British Dictionary definitions for sunbeam
/ (ˈsʌnˌbiːm) /
a beam, ray, or stream of sunlight
Australian slang a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for a meal but remaining unused
Derived forms of sunbeam
- sunbeamed or sunbeamy, adjective
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