sunbeam
Plural: sunbeams
Noun
- A single ray or shaft of light from the sun.
- a ray of sunlight
- A visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight.
- An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis.
- Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.
- Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”).
Examples
- A sunbeam illuminated the triple word score, revealing the perfect spot for his tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sonnebeem, sonne beem, from Old English sunnbēam, sunnebēam (“sunbeam”), equivalent to sun + beam.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
sunbeam: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsunbeam: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sunbeam: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
sunbeam: valid Words With Friends Word