From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsunbeamsun‧beam /ˈsʌnbiːm/ noun [countable] LIGHTa beam of light from the sun
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sunbeam• The faces of the houses gleamed, and crystals in the stone reflected stray sunbeams.• Billy and Mary were fooling and rolling about in the sunbeams on the edge of the clearing.• Victoria babbled like a brook, chasing motes in the sunbeams.• I could see a faint trickle of bamboo dust falling through the sunbeams.• A small glade ablaze with sunbeams. 