Meaning

4 senses
  1. A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.

    a ray of sunlight

  2. A beam of artificial light, especially one rich in ultraviolet.

    a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp

  3. A plant, Enceliopsis nudicaulis, that has a broad, yellow flower head.

    herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona

  4. Any of various Australian plants of the genus Rhodanthe.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The sun has come out now so let's enjoy its sunrays.

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  2. I can see sunrays breaking out in the sky, nice weather is coming.

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  3. The clouds are finally clearing out the sky so that some sunrays can break through the clouds.

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Origin

From sun + ray.

From sun + ray.

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Forms

plural: sunrays
Singularsunray
Pluralsunrays

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp:sun-ray
  • herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona:Enceliopsis nudicaulis
  • a ray of sunlight:sunbeam

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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