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moonbeam

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moon·beam  (mnbm)
n.
A ray of moonlight.
moonbeam
Noun
a ray of moonlight
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Noun1.moonbeammoonbeam - a ray of moonlight
moon ray, moon-ray
light beam, ray, ray of light, beam of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft - a column of light (as from a beacon)
moonlight, moonshine, Moon - the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by"
Translations
Spanish moonbeam [ˈmuːnbiːm] n → rayo de luna
French moonbeam [ˈmuːnbiːm] n → rayon m de lune
Italian moonbeam [ˈmuːnbiːm] n → raggio di luna
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Then they saw from the other bank the executioner raise both his arms slowly; a moonbeam fell upon the blade of the large sword.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Inside, a gravel path wound through desolate grounds to a huge clump of a house, square and prosaic, all plunged in shadow save where a moonbeam struck one corner and glimmered in a garret window.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The soft, earnest, quiet moonbeam looks in fixedly, marking the bars of the grated windows on the prostrate, sleeping forms.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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