Halo - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈheɪləʊ|  American pronunciation of the word halo
Brit.  |ˈheɪləʊ|  British pronunciation of the word halo

noun

- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint (syn: aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, nimbus)
- a toroidal shape (syn: annulus, doughnut, ring)
a halo of smoke
- a circle of light around the sun or moon

Extra examples

...the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked...

...a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo...

The two lamps of a carriage haloed by the fog.

The Spring crowns her head with a haloing rainbow.

Word forms

noun
singular: halo
plural: halos or haloes
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