starbeam

== English == === Etymology === From star +‎ beam. === Noun === starbeam (plural starbeams) (astronomy, very rare) A ray or set of rays of starlight (light emitted from a star); especially, an intense and visible one, as revealed for example by its diffraction among dust particles. Hypernyms: beam, ray, shaft Holonym: starlight Coordinate terms: moonbeam, sunbeam === References === “starbeam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.