Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Light emitted from stars.

    Meronym: starbeams

    the light of the stars

  2. Light emitted from stars.

    (idiomatic, uncountable, usually)Light emitted by those other than the Sun.

    Sternenlicht

    звёздный светzvjózdnyj svet, свет звёздsvet zvjozd

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I can give you the starlight and a cup of tea.

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  2. The general theory of relativity predicted the deflection of starlight by the Sun.

    Загальна теорія відносності передбачила заломлення зоряного світла Сонцем.

    deDie Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie sagte die Ablenkung von Sternenlicht durch die Sonne voraus.

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  3. The moon rose and made the waste look colder, deader than under the starlight.

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  4. Can you navigate by starlight?

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  5. The starlight is so bright, scientists need to find a way to block it to see the planets around it.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
light emitted from stars other than the Sun:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
light emitted from stars other than the Sun:

Origin

From star + light.

From star + light.

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Forms

plural: starlights
Singularstarlight

uncountable

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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