noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A ray or set of rays of starlight (light emitted from a star); especially, an intense and visible one, as revealed for example by its diffraction among dust particles. rare

   "Holonym: starlight"

Etymology

From star + beam.

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