sunshaft

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noun

A shaft of sunlight.

“Near-synonym: sunbeam”

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Meanings

nounsunshaft (plural sunshafts)

plural sunshafts

  1. A shaft of sunlight.

    Near-synonym: sunbeam

    1 more example

    Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.

    1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

    Synonyms: sunbeam

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA shaft of sunlight.

Similar
sunbeam
Also see
sunbeam

Origin

From sun + shaft.

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Cite this entry
APA

sunshaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunshaft

MLA

“sunshaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunshaft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunshaft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunshaft.

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