the woody, hard, springy, hollow, jointed stem of various semitropical or tropical grasses of Poaceae family.

a tube or pipe.

a device used to produce a long whistle-like sound, by blowing compressed air, steam, etc., through a narrow nozzle; a siren.

a large kettle or boiler; a cauldron.

a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass or copper over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or by inserting small wedges to vary the pitch; a kettle-drum.

= ಬಾಂಬು.

(masc.) a maker of earthenware pots or vessels; a potter.

(fig.) a dull, stupid fellow.

a heavenly being; a deity.

a tall, hollow stem of the grasses of the genus Bambusa; a bamboo.

a conainer fille with an explosive, incendiary or other chemical for dropping or hurling or for denotating by a timing mechanism; a bomb.

a tube or pipe.

a device used to produce a long whistle-like sound, by blowing compressed air, steam, etc., through a narrow nozzle; a siren.

a large kettle or boiler; a cauldron.

a ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon, etc.

a plane figure bounded by single curved line, every point of which is equally distant from the centre point; a circle.

a thing made just like another.

a reflecting surface originally of polished metal but now usu. of glass with a silvery, metallic or amalgam backing; a mirror.

an idol (as of a deity).

the vine Coccina cordifolia ( = C. indica, = Bryonia grandis, = Momordica monadelpha) of Cucurbitaceae family.

its edible fruit.

the lizard Calotes veriscolar of Chamaeleontidae family with an angular head, prehensile tail, eyes that move independently of each other, a long, agile tongue for catching prey, the ability to change skin colour rapidly; common chameleon; the garden lizard.

a ray of light.

the sky.

water falling from the clouds; rain.

a bow or arc of prismatic colours appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the suṇs rays in drops of rain; a rainbow.

a woven fabric.

a child's toy, puppet, marionette, etc. made to resemble a human being, an animal or a thing; a puppet, doll.

the contractile circular opening, apparently black, in the center of the iris of the eye: 3) the shape, outline or configuration of anything, independent of colour, material, etc.; a form.