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Definition of "sunshine" []

  • The light or the direct rays from the sun. (noun)
  • The warmth given by the sun's rays. (noun)
  • A location or surface on which the sun's rays fall. (noun)
  • Radiant cheerfulness; geniality. (noun)
  • A source of cheerfulness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sunshine" in a sentence
  • "They discovered, for instance, that objects diminish with distance; that grass in sunshine is not the same color as grass in shadow; that a man's nose, because it projects, catches the light."
  • "In America, you know, we have what we call sunshine laws, I said, hoping to goad him with a nasty little lecture."
  • "Suppose we put a cubic centimeter of ice outside on a summer day in such a way that all of the sunshine is absorbed by the ice."