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sun blocker

3.1
A cream or lotion you put on skin to stop sunburn
  • noun
  • /sʌn ˈblɑːkər/
translation icon : bloqueador solar
  • He forgot to put on sun blocker and ended up with a painful sunburn after the hike.

Examples

  • I always apply sun blocker before going to the beach to protect my skin from sunburn.

  • We've developed a type of sun-blocker using octyl salicylate and a few other things.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • This sun blocker contains SPF 50 to help shield my family from harmful UV rays.

Synonyms

sunblock
vssun blocker
23 1.0

A cream or lotion you put on skin to stop sunburn

is written as two separate words in alternative forms

Antonyms

suntanning
3.7

Made to help the skin get darker in the sun, like lotions or creams

How Protective

sun blocker
3.1
sunscreen
76 1.6

Surface Forms

sun blocker singular
sun blockers plural

Morphology

sun + blocker

The compound 'sun blocker' is directly interpretable as 'something that blocks the sun or its rays' by combining 'sun' with an agent/thing-forming element 'blocker' (from block + -er). Even if 'blocker' is not listed, a B1 learner who knows 'sun' and 'block' (or recognizes the -er agentive pattern) can readily infer the protective, sunscreen-like meaning; this follows a common, cross-linguistic noun-compounding pattern.

Etymology

Sun blocker comes from the simple image of a tiny shield on your skin: sun means the sun's rays and blocker means something that stops them. That's why it now means a cream that 'protects' your skin from 'sunburn'.