noun
sunlight
SUHN-lyt
noun
1
The light that comes from the sun.
"She opened the curtains and let the sunlight fill the room."
"Plants need sunlight to grow."
How to Use Sunlight
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDaylight coming directly from the sun.
Common pairings
bright sunlight
direct sunlight
bathed in sunlight
filtered sunlight
Word Forms
sunlighted past tense, sunlights plural, sunlights singular
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Etymology
From Old English sunnan leoht, "light of the sun" — literally sun + light, joined together in Middle English.