What does "sunbreak" mean?

A natural phenomenon in which sunlight obscured over a relatively large area penetrates the obscuring material in a localized space, e.g. through a hole in cloud cover.

What is a synonym for "sunbreak"?

Common synonyms include: dawn, day, daylight, daytime, dusk, ray of sunshine.

Sunbreak

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Noun

1
A natural phenomenon in which sunlight obscured over a relatively large area penetrates the obscuring material in a localized space, e.g. through a hole in cloud cover.

Synonyms

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dawn day daylight daytime dusk ray of sunshine

Etymology

From sun + break.

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