rainbow
IPA: rˈeɪnboʊ
noun
- 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.
verb
- (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.
adjective
- 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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Examples of "rainbow" in Sentences
- I like the colors of the rainbow.
- She is the goddess of the rainbow.
- The stripes symbolize the rainbow.
- Another familiar caustic is the rainbow.
- The rainbow inspires metaphor and simile.
- The men effaced the colors of the rainbow.
- He snapped photos of the rainbow for keepsakes.
- The most striking aspect of it is the rainbow colours.
- 'Polychrome' is a fairy and the daughter of the Rainbow.
- The rainbow symbolises the radiance and vitality of the town.