- beam of light or radiation
I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
- length of this line segment
Fatima claims to have visited all the bars within a five-mile radius of her Manhattan apartment.
pl. radii
- part of a wheel
- structure
We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
pl. shelves
- Petit sillon
to row the captain ashore in his barge
- Groupe d’articles disposés sur les mêmes rayonnages
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
- Partie du gâteau de cire
The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.
uncountable
- corridor in a supermarket
Do you want to seat window or aisle?
- indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light
uncountable
- curved rib-like timbers