English Dictionary |
SHAFT OF LIGHT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does shaft of light mean?
• SHAFT OF LIGHT (noun)
The noun SHAFT OF LIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a column of light (as from a beacon)
Familiarity information: SHAFT OF LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A column of light (as from a beacon)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
beam; beam of light; irradiation; light beam; ray; ray of light; shaft; shaft of light
Hypernyms ("shaft of light" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaft of light"):
heat ray (a ray that produces a thermal effect)
high beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination)
moon-ray; moon ray; moonbeam (a ray of moonlight)
sunbeam; sunray (a ray of sunlight)
laser beam (a beam of light generated by a laser)
low beam (the beam of a car's headlights that provides illumination for a short distance)
Context examples
Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomaea, the effect was as a dream of fairyland.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"He who laughs last, laughs best." (Bulgarian proverb)
"Think of the going out before you enter." (Arabic proverb)
"A thin cat and a fat woman are the shame of a household." (Corsican proverb)