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