- sunbeam sun·beam n
- ['sʌnˌbiːm]
raggio di sole
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
sunbeam sun·beam n
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sun|beam — «SUHN BEEM», noun. a ray of sunlight: »A sunbeam brightened the child s hair to gold … Useful english dictionary
Sunbeam — Sun beam , n. [AS. sunnebeam.] A beam or ray of the sun. Evening sunbeams. Keble. [1913 Webster] Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even On a sunbeam. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sunbeam — sun·beam (sŭn’bēm′) n. ▸ A ray of sunlight. ╂ [Middle English sunnebem, from Old English sunnebēam (translation of Late Latin columna lūcis, pillar of light) : sunne, sun; see SUN(Cf. ↑sun) + bēam, tree, building post; see BEAM(Cf. ↑beam).] … Word Histories
sunbeam — O.E., from SUN (Cf. sun) + BEAM (Cf. beam) … Etymology dictionary
sunbeam — sun|beam [ˈsʌnbi:m] n a beam of light from the sun … Dictionary of contemporary English
sunbeam — [sun′bēm΄] n. a ray or beam of sunlight … English World dictionary
sunbeam — sun•beam [[t]ˈsʌnˌbim[/t]] n. a beam or ray of sunlight • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
sunbeam — sun|beam [ sʌn,bim ] noun count a RAY (=bright line) of light that shines down from the sun … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sunbeam — sunbeamed, sunbeamy, adj. /sun beem /, n. 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. [bef. 1000; ME sunnebem, OE sun(ne)beam. See SUN, BEAM] * * * … Universalium
beam — ray, beam are comparable when they denote a shaft of light. This conception of light as a shaft is fixed in our language but is not always in keeping with modern scientific views of the nature of light. Ray suggests emanation from a center or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sunbeam — noun (C) a beam of light from the sun that you can see because it is shining through a cloud … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
