sunbeam

/ˈsʌnbiːm/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsʌnbiːm/

sunbeam

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

sun - beam -> sunbeam

Myanmar meaning

နေပြောက်။ နေရောင်ခြည်တန်း။

Full entry

sunbeam /'sʌnbi:m/ n

နေပြောက်။

More examples

‘And somehow, even drained of all colour and illuminated by only inspired sunbeams, the pictures manage to take on a life of their own.’
‘Beams of light broke through his cloak shining like sunbeams.’
‘It tastes sweet, light, lilting, rich - it tastes like I imagine one of those sunbeams breaking through clouds might taste, fleeting and rare.’
‘Ray of sunbeams passing through dense forests and plants embellished with multi - coloured flowers are eye-catching.’
‘Birds chirped as they zoomed through branches above us, their feathers fluttering brightly whenever they passed through sunbeams.’
‘For it is through believing that the sun rises and sets, the moon passes and wanes, the rain falls and sunbeams pour down that allows the order and sequence of events to happen.’
‘I recall how falling down was more funny than painful, how warm I was, and how in the afternoon the sunbeams and shadows of the trees cut across the trails.’
‘In 1665 he split a sunbeam into a many-hued spectrum by passing it through a prism in a darkened room.’
‘Light breaks over the horizon, sunbeams become sunlight, the key's grooves line up with the ignition's latches.’
‘Muted sunlight filtered through the trees into a small glade on the other side of the stream, and dust particles caught in the soft sunbeams sparkled as they floated downward.’
‘I fell asleep in the warm embrace of a sunbeam, but when I awoke the world was dark.’
‘But it was worth every puff, for the naked mountains were spectacular and intermittent sunbeams spotlighted the glistening granite peaks.’
‘The headhouse itself was wonderfully refurbished, with sunbeams shining again through the great rose windows down onto the polished waiting room floor.’
‘Many of its spurs are prettily sunlit, and what they build up to is inspiring, apocalyptic, a burst of slanting sunbeams from a blue cloud-window.’
‘The three mirrors, 2, 5 metres in diameter, will be guided by a computer to track the movement of the sun, capturing the light and redirecting sunbeams into a small park below.’
‘There was one more chair, set in front of the others in the rectangle of light cast by a sunbeam.’
‘And she didn't think she would lose, not with the sunbeam falling on her face like the God's golden promise.’
‘The first rays of the new day's sun are shinning through the small cracks in the ceiling and small dust particles are moving through the sunbeams on invisible currents.’
‘I'd never seen the moon rise or noticed that a sunrise does sometimes project cartoon-like sunbeams across the sky until I'd been to Marovo Lagoon.’
‘It was brighter in there than it'd been the last time I'd visited: Light slanted in through the front windows, sunbeams visible in the smoky air.’

Synonyms

ray, ray of sunlight, beam, beam of light, shaft, sunlight, sunshine, aurora, bar, beacon, beam; indication, blaze, blink, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, flicker, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hint, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, light, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, moonbeam, morn, morning, patch, pencil, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, refulgence, scintilla, scintillation, sheen, shine, spark, sparkle, splendor, star, streak, stream, sun, sunrise, taper, torch, trace, wave, window

Antonyms

dark, darkness, dimness, dullness, eventide, misconception, misunderstanding, night, obscurity, sundown, sunset