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sunbeaten

sunbeaten adjective: heated by exposure to direct sunlight.

Adjective

sunbeaten (not comparable)

  1. Heated by exposure to direct sunlight.
    • One explosion followed another as the gray sunbeaten cabins burned like torches. Cries and curses could be heard from human beings caught in the midst of the fire.1961, A. A. Gallen, The Wetback, page 45

Origin of sunbeaten

From sun + beaten.

Questions about sunbeaten

What does sunbeaten mean?
Sunbeaten means heated by exposure to direct sunlight.
What part of speech is sunbeaten?
Sunbeaten is an adjective.

Words near sunbeaten in the dictionary

  1. sunbeam snake
  2. sunbeam snakes
  3. sunbeams
  4. sunbeamy
  5. sunbeat
  6. sunbeaten
  7. sunbed
  8. sunbeds
  9. sunbelt
  10. sunbelts
  11. sunberries

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