Meaning & use
starlight
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The light that reaches Earth from stars, especially visible at night.
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They walked home under nothing but starlight and a sliver of moon.
The observatory was built far from city lights to capture faint starlight clearly.
A note on using this word
Because stars are so distant, the starlight we see left its source years, or even millions of years, before reaching our eyes.
Words with a similar meaning
stellar light
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