ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Moonbeam

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈmun.bim/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Moonbeam is a noun meaning A ray or shaft of moonlight.

Meaning

A ray or shaft of moonlight.

More Meanings

  1. Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Philiris.
  2. Someone who tends to be dreamy and prone to unrealistic romanticism.
  3. A goal or aspiration that appears attractive but is ultimately insubstantial.

Example Sentences

Holonym: moonlight
A moonbeam pierced the heavy cloud!
Dreaming of the mountain was for moonbeams, he told me, not for people who had been born up there.
Quickly the moon sent a moonbeam down, and it shone through the window, right on the face of the sleeping child, kissed him, and gave him a pleasant dream.

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Related dictionary entries include beamlet, headlight, chink, lightpost, spearshaft, beam.

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