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sunlight

/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/noun2 syllables

Sunlight means: the rays of the sun.

Synonyms for sunlight17

noun, as in the rays of the sun

sunshine, sun

also used for sunlight

daylight, sunniness, hope, optimism, daybreak, dayspring, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, photic, first light

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What does sunlight mean?1

noun

1

the rays of the sun“the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Sunlight in a sentence

  • Due to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt.shekitten
  • Please store in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight.corbinjurgens
  • I stepped outside and was bathed in the harsh, direct sunlight.auxitt
  • Trees use photosynthesis to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars.Hybrid
  • In the sky, there appeared a ray of sunlight.AlanF_US
  • Air as well as sunlight is, needless to say, indispensable to our daily life.CK
  • Avoid direct sunlight, she warns, which can burn the leaves and the blooms.Hybrid
  • Sunlight was shining through the windows, lighting the floor.sundown

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Forms of sunlight

as a noun

plural
sunlights