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dawnlight

dawnlight noun: the light of dawn.

Noun

dawnlight (uncountable)

  1. The light of dawn.
    • It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of...1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book III: The Prophet”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 385

Origin of dawnlight

From dawn + light.

Questions about dawnlight

What does dawnlight mean?
Dawnlight means the light of dawn.
What part of speech is dawnlight?
Dawnlight is a noun.

Words near dawnlight in the dictionary

  1. dawning on
  2. dawning upon
  3. dawnings
  4. Dawnland
  5. dawnless
  6. dawnlight
  7. dawnlike
  8. Dawnn
  9. dawns
  10. dawns on
  11. dawns upon

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