sunlight
noun/ˈsʌnlaɪt/
/ˈsʌnlaɪt/
[uncountable]- the light from the sun
- a ray/pool of sunlight
- shafts of bright sunlight
- The morning sunlight flooded into the room.
Extra ExamplesTopics Spaceb1- Do not leave your skin exposed to sunlight for too long.
- He emerged from the tunnel into blinding sunlight.
- She threw back the shutters and the sunlight streamed in.
- Sunlight dapples the grass around us.
- The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
- They emerged from the cinema, blinking in the sunlight.
- Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door.
- a dank backyard with a wall that blocked out the sunlight
- in dark thickets where sunlight could not penetrate
- The colour will fade if exposed to strong sunlight.
- This plant should be kept out of direct sunlight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blinding
- bright
- brilliant
- …
- beam
- ray
- shaft
- …
- block out
- be exposed to
- come in
- fall
- filter
- …
- in the sunlight
- into the sunlight
- gleam in the sunlight
- glint in the sunlight
- shimmer in the sunlight
- …
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