starburst
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
noun
A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ✺.
Example Sentences
- "[…] his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black […]"
- "A starburst of red exploded on his chest and he flew backward a good six or seven feet."
- "[…] and another that creates a cicatrix starburst from her right eye to her temple. This scar is the result of an accident when she was ten years old, […]"
- "The Milky Way will see a starburst in approximately 200,000,000 years."
- "The faint light from the sky starbursted on a tear. Suddenly there was something appallingly human about her."