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bon

I. \\ˈbän\ noun (-s)

Etymology: perhaps from Dutch boon bean, from Middle Dutch bōne; akin to Old High German bōna bean — more at bean

1. : broad bean

2. [perhaps another word] : kidney bean

II. \\ˈbȯn\ noun (-s)

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Japanese

: a great popular festival of Japan held July 13 to 16 when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars — called also Feast of Lanterns

III. noun (-s)

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: Tibetan bön

: the pre-Buddhist animistic religion of Tibet

IV. \\ˈbän\ noun (-s)

Etymology: origin unknown

: china grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.