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sunray

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
sun-ray
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

Any of various Australian plants of the genus Rhodanthe.

name

An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Synonym: Beckett.

name

A city in Moore County, Texas, United States, named after the Sunray Oil Company (later Sunoco).

Etymology

From sun + ray.

Inflected Forms

sunrays (plural)

Synonyms

sunbeam sun-ray enceliopsis nudicaulis

Questions

What does sunray mean?
A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.
Where does sunray come from?
From sun + ray.

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