🔆beam

Meaning

a ray or shaft of light; a long piece of wood or metal used to support weight

Example Sentences

A beam of sunlight entered through the window.

Example Expressions

beam with joy

Synonyms

ray, shaft, gleam, light, support

Antonyms

shadow, gloom

Collocations

sunlight beam, laser beam, beam of light, wooden beam

More Example Sentences

Her face beams with joy when I come round.

A man teaches his daughter to ride a horse at a small ranch outside the city on a calm Sunday morning and helps her climb into the saddle for the first time while holding the reins to keep the horse steady and she grips tightly at first, feeling both scared and excited but slowly relaxes as the horse walks in a gentle circle and by the end of the lesson she rides a short distance on her own beaming with pride and already asking when they can come back again.