sunbeam

See also Sunbeam

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

sun + beam

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).

Translations

Narrow, intense ray of sunlight

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

Greek: ηλιαχτίδα (el) (iliachtída) f. Russian: солнечный луч (ru) (sólnečnyj luč) m.