Sunbeam

English

Noun

Sunbeam (plural Sunbeams)

1. a narrow and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight
2. (Australian, colloquial) something that was taken out, but not used (e.g., the table was set, but the knife was not used. The knife is a "sunbeam" and can be returned to the silverware drawer without being washed).

Thesaurus

broad day, dawn, day, day glow, daylight, dayshine, daytide, daytime, dusk, full sun, green flash, light of day, midday sun, noonlight, noontide light, ray of sunshine, shine, sun spark, sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunshine, twilight

Etymology

sun + beam

Translations

Narrow, intense ray of sunlight

Czech: sluneční paprsek (cs) m. Esperanto: sunradio (eo)

Finnish: auringonsäde (fi)