sunray

A noun referring to a beam or ray of sunlight, or a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp. It can also refer to a type of herb with grey-green leaves and solitary broad yellow flower heads, found in desert areas from Idaho to Arizona.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un rayon de lumière solaire ou un rayon de lumière ultraviolette artificielle provenant d'une lampe. Peut également désigner une espèce d'herbe à feuilles gris-vert et à capitules jaunes larges et solitaires, présente dans les zones désertiques de l'Idaho à l'Arizona.

1. Ray of sunlight A2 formal

   A beam or ray of light from the sun.

   • A single sunray broke through the clouds.
   • The room was lit by a warm sunray.
   • She felt the first sunray of the morning on her face.

   🇫🇷rayon de soleil

   Synonymes: beamlight beamrayshaft of lightsunbeam

2. Desert plant C1 formal american scientific

   A herb with a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks, each bearing a solitary broad yellow flower head; found in desert areas from Idaho to Arizona.

   • The sunray is a common sight in the arid regions of the Southwest.
   • Botanists studied the sunray's adaptation to desert life.
   • The bright yellow flower of the sunray stands out against the dry landscape.

   🇫🇷Encelie de Nuttall

3. Ultraviolet light ray B2 formal technical

   A ray of artificial ultraviolet light produced by a sunray lamp, often used for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.

   • The dermatologist recommended a session under the sunray lamp.
   • Sunray lamps are used to treat certain skin conditions.
   • She used a sunray lamp to get a tan during winter.

   🇫🇷Rayon ultraviolet artificiel

• sunrays plural form
• sunrays' possessive plural form
• sunray's possessive singular form