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sunfall

sunfall

4.9
Light from the sun that shines on a place
  • noun
translation icon : luz del sol
  • She watched the sunfall dance across the surface of the lake.

Examples

  • The garden glowed under the gentle sunfall of a spring morning.

  • A warm sunfall lit the old farmhouse in the late afternoon.

  • The sunfall over the ocean was breathtaking.

  • During the sunfall, the sky turned a beautiful orange.

  • The garden glowed under the gentle sunfall of a spring morning.

  • A warm sunfall lit the old farmhouse in the late afternoon.

  • She watched the sunfall dance across the surface of the lake.

Synonyms

sun
vssunfall
687 1.0

Light and heat you feel from the star at the center of our solar system

specifies rays as they fall on a particular place or surface
sunlight
vssunfall
235 1.0

The light from the sun that makes things bright during the day

emphasizes rays falling on a surface rather than general brightness
sunbeam
vssunfall
9 1.0

A narrow ray of sunlight you can see in the air

focuses on rays on surfaces rather than visibility in the air
slant of sunlight
vssunfall
4.2

A beam of sunlight that comes into a room at an angle

is broader, meaning rays fall on any surface not only oblique ones

How Bright

sunshine
131 1.0
sunfall
4.9
sunbeam
9 1.0
glow
119 1.0
twilight
36 2.4

Surface Forms

sunfall singular
sunfalls plural

Morphology

sunfall = sun + fall (semi-transparent) = sun + fall

The components suggest 'sun' + 'fall' meaning light that 'falls', but interpreting 'fall' as 'rays of light falling' is metaphorical and may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Sunfall joins sun ('the bright star that gives light') and fall ('to come down') to make the picture of light coming down. So sunfall can mean the sun's rays as they 'fall' on a place, like a gentle shower of light that lights a room or garden.