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daybreak Definition

day·break (-brāk′)

noun

the time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn

daybreak Synonyms

daybreak

n.

dawn, sunrise, dayspring, first light; see morning 1.

daybreak Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • morning: It was planned for daybreak on the morning of 18th December, and the ship's part of it was then embarked upon.

Converse of object

  • come: Come daybreak after all the older chavs have smashed and vomited their way home, the younger breed of chavs venture out.

Modifies a noun

  • start: Nick and I wanted a daybreak start, so we got up about half past 4 in the morning and started the stove.
daybreak Quotes

The skull that housed white angels and had vision Of daybreak through the gateways of the mind.

—Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain