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sunray

sunray

1 1.4
A narrow beam of sunlight that shines through clouds or windows
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌnˌreɪ/
translation icon : rayo de sol
  • Due to the slant angle of sunrays, visibility is low in early morning and in late evening.
  • sunray struck

Examples

  • How could you hold my oh look at that beautiful sunray put in beauty music right?

  • A vagrant sunray struck silver from its polished side.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A narrow beach swarmed with life, color, and sunrays.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Models that are situated in the shade are more energy efficient than razors that are in contact with the sunrays.

    Blog text (17)
  • The tops of the Cornilleau tables are anti-glare coatings that allow you to play for a long period and ensure that the sunrays will not affect your game.

    Blog text (10)
  • This is the sun, and these are the sunrays, and this is a big, giant, huge hole in the ozone layer, and this is what'll happen to people if we don't fix up the ozone layer quickly.

  • The sunray broke through the clouds, illuminating the forest floor with a warm glow.

  • She stretched out on the grass, basking in the sunray that filtered through the trees.

  • A sunray broke through the canopy, casting a gentle light on the flowers below.

Synonyms

ray
vssunray
327 1.0

A narrow line of light like a sunbeam

is limited to beams that are only sunlight rather than other energy
sunbeam
vssunray
9 1.0

A narrow ray of sunlight you can see in the air

is a narrow beam of sunlight not necessarily visible in air

Compounds

sunray lamp
  • Specialized
6.8

A lamp that makes light like the sun for medical or beauty treatment

sunray pleat
  • Specialized
8.9

A narrow fold in cloth cut across at an angle that fans out like sun rays

How Bright

shaft
15 5.0
sunray
1 1.4
gleam
34 2.9

Surface Forms

sunray singular
sunrays plural

Morphology

sunray = sun + ray (transparent) = sun + ray

The components 'sun' + 'ray' directly describe a beam of sunlight, which a B1 learner can infer.

Etymology

Sunray comes from the two simple parts sun ('the star that gives light and heat') and ray ('a thin beam of light'). So picture one straight line of sunlight breaking through the clouds; that clear line is exactly a sunray.