rainbow
adjective
1. Multicoloured.
2. (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
3. (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
noun
1. an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
Definition categories: object, arc, bow
2. an illusory hope
- chasing rainbows
Definition categories: thought, hope, promise
Sentences with rainbow as a noun:
- a rainbow of possibilities
- Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
verb
1. (transitive) To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.