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The correct spelling is rainbow.
How to pronounce rainbow
/ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/
nounIPA: /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/
Say it like: Ray-nbo-w
The correct spelling is rainbow. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. For example: "a rainbow of possibilities"
Usage Examples
“a rainbow of possibilities”
“Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- 2.Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- 3.(often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- 4.An illusion, mirage.
- 5.A curveball, particularly a slow one.
verb
- 1.To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- 2.To take the appearance of a rainbow.
adjective
- 1.Multicolored.
- 2.Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- 3.LGBT.
- 4.(chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
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