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samba

 
Noun samba has 4 senses
  1. obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon - large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
    --1 is a kind of tree
    --1 is a member of Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton
  2. samba - music composed for dancing the samba
    --2 is a kind of
    dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
    Derived form: verb samba1
  3. samba - a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
    --3 is a kind of
    ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
    Derived form: verb samba1
  4. samba - a form of canasta using three decks and six jokers
    --4 is a kind of
    canasta, basket rummy, meld
Verb samba has 1 sense
  1. samba - dance the samba
    --1 is one way to
    dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
    Derived forms: noun samba3, noun samba2
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue samba
samaritan samaritanism samaritans samarium samarkand samarra samarskite samass samba sambadrome samballat sambar samber sambhar sambre sambre river sambuaga

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