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sunbursts

sunbursts is the plural of sunburst.

Meaning of sunburst

Noun

sunburst (countable and uncountable, plural sunbursts)

  1. (countable) A figure or shape showing rays radiating from a central point.
    Synonyms:
    starburst
  2. (countable) A strong outburst of sunlight.
  3. (uncountable) A style of finish for musical instruments such as guitars, having an area of lighter color (often showing the wood grain underneath) that darkens gradually towards a dark outer rim.
    • The L-30 was finished all over in black, the L-37 in sunburst.1996, Ken Achard, The History and Development of the American Guitar, page 10
  4. A flowering plant of the genus Pseudobahia, native to California.

Questions about sunbursts

What is sunbursts the plural of?
Sunbursts is the plural of sunburst.

Words near sunbursts in the dictionary

  1. sunburst
  2. sunburst chart
  3. sunburst charts
  4. sunburst squash
  5. sunburstery
  6. sunbursts
  7. Sunbury
  8. Sunbury County
  9. Sunbury-on-Thames
  10. suncap
  11. suncapped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sunbursts (page history and authors); sunburst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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