AUREOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aureole mean? 

• AUREOLE (noun)
  The noun AUREOLE has 2 senses:

1. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

2. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

  Familiarity information: AUREOLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUREOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

aureole; corona

Hypernyms ("aureole" is a kind of...):

glow; glowing; radiance (the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface)

Holonyms ("aureole" is a part of...):

nimbus; nimbus cloud; rain cloud (a dark grey cloud bearing rain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

aura; aureole; gloriole; glory; halo; nimbus

Hypernyms ("aureole" is a kind of...):

light; lightness (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures)

 Context examples 

A boy’s cap was perched on her head, and her hair, light brown and arranged in a loose and fluffy order that caught the sun, seemed an aureole about the delicate oval of her face.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)