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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
beam
/biːm/
noun1 of 2
a long piece of metal or wood; a line of light or energy
- “We found a beam of light in the night sky.”Tatoeba
- “These beams will not carry the weight of the roof.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)