sunbeam

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sunbeam
    n 1: a ray of sunlight [syn: {sunbeam}, {sunray}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sunbeam \Sun"beam`\, n. [AS. sunnebeam.]
   A beam or ray of the sun. "Evening sunbeams." --Keble.
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         Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even
         On a sunbeam.                            --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunbeam":
      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

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