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sunbeam
/ˈsʌnˌbim/
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What does sunbeam mean?
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).
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis.
- Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.
More meanings (5)
noun
- Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”).
- (dated) 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.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Moffat County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsʌnˌbim/
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And Summer, giving her the sunbeam, passed away over the distant hills, leaving all green and bright behind her.
As when a bright sunbeam turns a dark cloud to silver, so Chloe’s dark face brightened immediately,—it really shone.
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The home would be lonely without the boy who was so full of fun and as bright as a sunbeam.
Gone, disappeared, extinguished, carried off without leaving a single gold band or the flash of a single sunbeam in the evening sky!
He is the squirrel of squirrels, flashing from branch to branch of his favorite evergreens, crisp and glossy and sound as a sunbeam.