sunburst

[ suhn-burst ]

noun

1. a burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun through rifted clouds.
2. a firework, piece of jewelry, ornament, or the like, resembling the sun with rays issuing in all directions.

adjective

1. Sewing. sewn or made to resemble a sunburst; having the rays or lines of design flared from a central point:

   sunburst pleats; sunburst tucks.

sunburst

/ ˈsʌnˌbɜːst /

noun

1. a burst of sunshine, as through a break in the clouds
2. a pattern or design resembling that of the sun
3. a jewelled brooch with this pattern

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunburst¹

First recorded in 1810–20; sun + burst

Example Sentences

Then the conversation turned upon the feud that existed between Viking and Sunburst, the river-drivers and the fishers.

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Sunburst lay cloyed among the products of field and forest and stream.

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I also asked that she would meet me in Sunburst that evening at eight o'clock, at a place indicated by me.

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No two classes of people could be more unlike than the salmon-fishers of Sunburst and the mill-hands and river-drivers of Viking.

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Then I went quickly down into the valley,—for I was late,—and trudged eagerly on to Sunburst.

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