2syllables
rainbow
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Definitions ofrainbow
1noun
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
Example: "a rainbow of possibilities"
- An illusion, mirage.
Example: "Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day."
- A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- Rainbow trout.
1verb
- To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- To take the appearance of a rainbow.
1adjective
- Multicolored.
- Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- LGBT.
- (chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
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