EGAVE

daylight

About 5.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
    In those days the entire factory was lit only by daylight and was closed at night.
  2. noun A light source that simulates daylight.
  3. noun The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
  4. noun The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
    burning daylight
  5. noun Daybreak.
    We had only two hours to work before daylight.
  6. noun Exposure to public scrutiny.
    Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
  7. noun A clear, open space.
    All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.
  8. noun The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
    The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.

Similar words

daytime day sunrise sunup night dawning daybreak dawn morning summertime

Often followed by

and hours in to on the was of saving

Word family

daylights

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