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sun blocker

1 3.1
A cream or lotion you put on skin to stop sunburn
  • noun
  • /sʌn ˈblɑːkər/
: 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
14 1.0

A cream or lotion you put on skin to stop sunburn

is written as two separate words in alternative forms

Antonyms

suntanning
1 3.7

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

How Protective

sun blocker
1 3.1
sunscreen
66 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'.