daylight
/ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ noun A2- The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days). · Meronym: sunbeams· Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine
- A light source that simulates daylight.
- The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
- The period of time between sunrise and sunset. · burning daylight· wasting daylight
- Daybreak. · We had only two hours to work before daylight.
- Exposure to public scrutiny. · Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
- A clear, open space. · All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.· He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.
- The space between platens on a press or similar machinery. · The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.
Plural daylights
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When daylight dawned he saw that he was near a stream; he was thirsty, and dragged himself towards it.
When it was daylight, the girl bathed her face in a little rippling brook, and soon after they all started toward the Emerald City.
They went to bed quite early and slept soundly until daylight, when they were awakened by the crowing of a green cock that lived in the back yard of the Palace, and the cackling of a hen that had laid a green egg.
It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
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