beamnoun [ C ]
uk/biːm/us/biːm/beam noun [ C ] (LINE)
B2 a line of light that shines from a bright object:
a line of radiation or particles flowing in one direction:
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Quantities & units of light
- aureole
- blip
- bright
- flash
- glare
- glint
- glitter
- halo
- lustre
- lux
- pinprick
- point
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- sparkle
- sunbeam
- twinkle
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beam noun [ C ] (WOOD)
a long, thick piece of wood, metal, or concrete, especially used to support weight in a building or other structure:
in the sport of women's gymnastics, a wooden bar on which the competitors balance and perform movements
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Parts of buildings: arches, columns & beams
- arch
- architrave
- archway
- capital
- colonnade
- column
- corbel
- Corinthian
- Doric
- Ionic
- joist
- keystone
- pedestal
- pillar
- plinth
- portico
- truss
- vault
- vaulted
- vaulting
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beamverb
uk/biːm/us/biːm/beam verb (SMILE)
[ I ] to smile with obvious pleasure:
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Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- bust
- gale
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- quake
- say cheese idiom
- simper
- smile
- smiley
- smiling
- smilingly
- stitch
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beam verb (SEND OUT)
[ I or T ] to send out a beam of light, an electrical or radio signal, etc.:
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Giving out light
- alight
- blink
- brighten
- burn
- burnish
- cast
- catch
- dazzle
- flicker
- gild
- glance
- glow
- illuminate
- light
- redshift
- reflected ray
- shiny
- sparkly
- strobe
- UV
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