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sunbeam

[ suhn-beem ]

noun

  1. a beam or ray of sunlight.
  2. Australian Slang. a dish or utensil that has not been used during a meal and so does not have to be washed.


sunbeam

/ ˈʌˌː /

noun

  1. a beam, ray, or stream of sunlight
  2. slang.
    a piece of crockery or cutlery laid for a meal but remaining unused
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲˌ𲹳, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲb𲹳 ܲb𲹳y adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sunbeam1

before 1000; Middle English sunnebem, Old English sun ( ne ) ŧ. See sun, beam
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Mom gave him a look that was all sunbeams.

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On a frigid Wednesday afternoon, sunbeams poured into Maurice Sendak’s studio in Ridgefield, Conn., crisscrossing one another with the precision and warmth of the children’s books that were born in this room.

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A sunbeam spotlighted the rise and fall of his white belly.

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As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam.

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When car exhaust and refinery hydrocarbons, which we had aplenty, are bombarded by sunbeams — voila— we get ozone, a principal ingredient in smog.

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