ray

🇺🇸 /reɪ/ 🇬🇧 /reɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
noun
C1

a thin line of light or energy

A bright ray of sunlight came through the window.

C1

a small sign of something good or hopeful

The good news gave us a ray of hope.

R

a type of flat sea fish with a long tail

The ray swam slowly along the ocean floor.

R

the second note in a musical scale

She sang the ray note perfectly in the scale.

translation

n. a thin line of light or energy; a small sign of something good or hopeful; a type of flat sea fish with a long tail; the second note in a musical scale

Word Forms

Plural rays

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