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sunray

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. Synonym: Beckett.

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name

Meaning 2

A city in Moore County, Texas, United States, named after the Sunray Oil Company (later Sunoco).

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noun

Meaning 3

A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.

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noun

Meaning 4

A beam of artificial light, especially one rich in ultraviolet.

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noun

Meaning 5

A plant, Enceliopsis nudicaulis, that has a broad, yellow flower head.

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noun

Meaning 6

Any of various Australian plants of the genus Rhodanthe.

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noun

Meaning 7

a ray of sunlight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: sunbeam

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Broader terms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation

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noun

Meaning 8

a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: sun-ray

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Broader terms: ultraviolet, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, ultraviolet illumination, UV

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noun

Meaning 9

herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Enceliopsis nudicaulis

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Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower

History

Etymology

From sun + ray.