Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: aurora
IPA transcription: [ɚ'ɔɹə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Aurora
    Meaning: (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
  • Synonyms: aurora
    Meaning: an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
  • Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first_light, daybreak, break_of_day, break_of_the_day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
    Meaning: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
Usage examples
  • Marvels of the Aurora
  • Of a sudden Toby drops his Aurora.
  • Toby used to read the Aurora newspaper.
  • Brown in the oven and serve with Aurora Sauce.
  • He would give the Aurora the same lineage with the Zodiacal Light.
  • This exhibition occurred in Central New York, a latitude in which the Aurora Borealis is seldom seen with so much splendor.
  • It was like an aurora borealis, a continuous cosmical phenomenon, filling a cavern of sufficient extent to contain an ocean.
  • After the invention of magnetic telegraphy it was found that whenever a great Aurora occurred the telegraph lines were interrupted in their operation, and the ocean cables ceased to work.
  • The light given by the aurora and the low moon seemed to grow fainter; and as I looked behind I saw that the distant glow from the volcanic fires had become more brilliant in the increasing darkness.
  • "It was as though I were the shining shadow of a star afloat upon the breast of some still and hidden woodland pool; as though I were a little wind dancing among the mountain tops; a mist whirling down a quiet glen; a shimmering lance of the aurora pulsing in the high solitudes.