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sunbeam

About 0.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A ray of sunlight; especially, a demarcated, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
  2. noun Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis.
  3. noun Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.
  4. noun Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”).
  5. noun An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed.

Similar words

sunray sunshine moted ray rayon radius talbot oster searchlight pencilbeam

Often followed by

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Word family

sunbeams

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