sunburst

[ suhn-burst ]

/ ˈsʌnˌbɜrst /

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noun

a burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun through rifted clouds.

a firework, piece of jewelry, ornament, or the like, resembling the sun with rays issuing in all directions.

adjective

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

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Origin of sunburst

First recorded in 1810–20; sun + burst

Words nearby sunburst

sunblock, sunbonnet, sunbow, sunbreak, sunburn, sunburst, sunburst pleats, Sunbury, Sunbury-on-Thames, sunchoke, sun cream

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How to use sunburst in a sentence

Then the conversation turned upon the feud that existed between Viking and Sunburst, the river-drivers and the fishers.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Sunburst lay cloyed among the products of field and forest and stream.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker
I also asked that she would meet me in Sunburst that evening at eight o'clock, at a place indicated by me.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete|Gilbert Parker
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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British Dictionary definitions for sunburst

sunburst

/ (ˈsʌnˌbɜːst) /

noun

a burst of sunshine, as through a break in the clouds

a pattern or design resembling that of the sun

a jewelled brooch with this pattern

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