| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| rainbow |
| 1. n. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. |
| 2. n. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours. |
| 3. n. (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude. |
| a rainbow of possibilities |
| 4. n. (figurative) An illusion, mirage. |
| Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day. |
| 5. n. (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one. |
| 6. n. (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits. |
| 7. n. Rainbow trout. |
| 8. adj. Multicolored. |
| 9. adj. (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions. |
| 10. adj. (attributive) LGBT. |
| 11. adj. (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits. |
| 12. v. To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| regnbåge |
| 1. n-c. a rainbow |
| 2. n-c. a rainbow trout (short for regnbågsforell, Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
