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Sunburst

Definition: Sunburst

Sunburst

Adjective

1. Pleated or tucked in lines radiating from a circular edge; "blouse with a sunburst yoke"; "sunray fan pleats below the hips".

Noun

1. A jewelled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sunburst" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)


Synonym: Sunburst

Synonym: sunray (adj). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Sunburst, Montana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Sunburst is a town located in Toole County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 415.

Geography


Sunburst is located at 48°52'60" North, 111°54'32" West (48.883255, -111.908754)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²). 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 13.68% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 415 people, 158 households, and 114 families residing in the town. The population density is 97.7/km² (253.4/mi²). There are 183 housing units at an average density of 43.1/km² (111.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 95.18% White, 0.00% African American, 3.61% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. 0.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 158 households out of which 37.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% are married couples living together, 4.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% are non-families. 22.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.63 and the average family size is 3.13. In the town the population is spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,250, and the median income for a family is $39,038. Males have a median income of $34,500 versus $18,333 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,244. 4.1% of the population and 1.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.4% are under the age of 18 and 3.7% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sunburst, Montana."

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Crosswords: Sunburst

English words defined with "sunburst": sunray. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Sunburst

DomainTitle

References

  • Sunburst Hospitality Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Modern Physics (Saunders Golden Sunburst Series) (reference)

  • The Golden Key (A Sunburst Book) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Sunburst

Photos:
Sunburst

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Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
Sunburst

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Photo Album: Sunburst

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Robot Arm Over Earth with Sunburst. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Sunburst

"Sunburst" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.25% of the time. "Sunburst" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)91.25%7339,105
Noun (proper)3.75%3202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)2.5%2245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.25%1339,140
Noun (common)1.25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%80N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Sunburst

CountryName
USA

Sunburst Hospitality Corporation

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Sunburst


1. Sunburst, MT (town, FIPS 72175)
Location: 48.87653 N, 111.90622 W
Population (1990): 437 (205 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 59482
Country: USA

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Expressions: Sunburst

Expressions using "sunburst": sunburst pleat ♦ sunburst sunray. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "sunburst": sunburst-finished.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sunburst

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sunburst

225

car company sunburst

9

marathon sunburst

75

ranch sunburst

9

the sunburst resort

53

bottle company sunburst

8

pageant sunburst

34

auction auto sunburst

8

beauty pageant sunburst

33

design sunburst

8

sunburst shutter

29

sunburst hospitality

7

race sunburst

28

holiday sunburst

7

sunburst tournament

21

sunburst technology

7

bottle sunburst

20

soccer sunburst

7

sunburst montana

20

honey locust sunburst

7

locust sunburst

20

sunburst software

6

soccer sunburst tournament

19

sunburst clock

6

sunburst communication

16

guitar sunburst york

6

locust sunburst tree

14

honeylocust sunburst

6

sunburst hotel

14

chameleon sunburst veiled

6

the sunburst resort scottsdale

13

az resort scottsdale sunburst

5

mirror sunburst

12

skylight sunburst

5

bend south sunburst

11

properties sunburst

5

realty sunburst

10

deck railing sunburst

5

sunburst tattoo

10

squash sunburst

5

beauty sunburst

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sunburst

Language Translations for "sunburst"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

échappée de soleil, échappée. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ragyogó nap alakú ékszer, rövid napsütés, futó napfény, felhőkön áttörő napsugár. (various references)

   

Manx

  

scell greiney (sunbeam). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unburstsay

   

Russian 

  

солнечный луч (sunbeam, sunray). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เครื่องประ"ับหรือเข็มกลั"รูปลำแสงอาทิตย์, การปรากฏขึ้นทันทีของแสงอาทิตย์ผ่านกลุ่มเมฆ, ลว"ลายที่เป็นแสงกระจายออกจากจุ"ศูนย์กลาง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kuvvetli güneş ışığı, japon bayrağı, güneş şeklinde mücevher. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sunburst

Derivations

Words beginning with "sunburst": sunbursts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sunburst" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unburst. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Sunburst

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-n-r-s-s-t-u-u"

-1 letter: untruss.

-2 letters: brunts, bursts, tussur.

-3 letters: brunt, bunts, burns, burnt, burst, busts, rubus, runts, rusts, snubs, stubs, stuns, truss, turns.

-4 letters: brut, buns, bunt, burn, burs, buss, bust, buts, nubs, nuts, rubs, runs, runt, rust, ruts, snub, stub, stun, subs, suns, tubs, tuns, turn, urbs, urns, urus.

-5 letters: bun, bur, bus, but, nub, nus, nut.

 Words containing the letters "b-n-r-s-s-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: sunbursts.

 

+3 letters: subindustry, subroutines.

 

+4 letters: brontosaurus, groundbursts, suburbanites.

 

+5 letters: subindustries, subsaturation, subterraneous, troublousness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage 		9. Cities
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern 		13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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