Definition of starburst
: something (such as a pattern) that resembles diverging rays of light
- starbursts of color
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Each slab looks different, and the result is a product that seems more organic than terrazzo—more of an asteroid field than a starburst.
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The starburst Kim experienced both in the run-up to the Games and over the past two days occurred for multiple reasons.
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Image Years later, Venturi Scott Brown proposed a tower for 42nd Street and 8th Avenue that would have announced itself with a fiery starburst, making Times Square’s omnipresent billboards a key element of the building’s design.
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How about a 2,100-square-foot home, made of shipping containers, in a starburst-like design, smack in the middle of the desert.
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One of Parks’ favorite features of original Sputnik chandeliers were little clear plastic starburst covers that slipped onto the ends of the lightbulbs.
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The herringbone floors in this room—arranged in a starburst—are also entirely new.
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Biscuitroot, with its distinctive starburst of yellow flowers, last seen on Table Rock and other sites near Boise in the spring, is in bloom in Idaho’s high country.
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Microsaur scales frequently have thickened posterior margins and possess striations or starburst or net-like ornament.
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First Known Use of starburst
1928
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Definition of starburst for English Language Learners
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: something (such as a pattern) that looks like rays of light spreading out from a center
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