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Rainbow

/ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

📖 Definitions of "Rainbow"

noun
  1. 1

    A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

  2. 2

    Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

  3. 3

    (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

    "a rainbow of possibilities"

  4. 4

    An illusion, mirage.

    "Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day."

verb
  1. 1

    To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.

  2. 2

    To take the appearance of a rainbow.

adjective
  1. 1

    Multicolored.

  2. 2

    Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

  3. 3

    LGBT.

  4. 4

    (chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.

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