rainbow

IPA: rˈeɪnboʊ

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.
(figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
(baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
(poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
Rainbow trout.
(figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
A member of the Rainbow Guides, a Girl Guide movement for younger girls.
A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
A surname.

(transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
(intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
(climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.

Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
(attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
(attributive) LGBT.
(poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
(mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.

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