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van

45 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) van (noun)
  2. 2) van (noun)
  3. 3) van (noun)
  4. 4) van (verb)
  5. Van (geographical name)
  6. Van Allen belt (noun)
  7. Van Allen radiation belt (noun)
  8. Van de Graaff generator (noun)
  9. van der Waals (adjective)
  10. van der Waals adsorption (noun)
  11. van der Waals equation (noun)
  12. van der Waals forces (noun plural)
  13. van Hoorne's canal (noun)
  14. Van Tieghem cell (noun)
  15. van-winged hawk (noun)
  16. Van Allen (biographical name)
  17. Van Buren (biographical name)
  18. van der Meer (biographical name)
  19. Van Diemen Gulf (geographical name)
  20. Van Diemen's Land (geographical name)
  21. van Dongen (biographical name)
  22. Van Doren (biographical name)
  23. Van Dyck (biographical name)
  24. Van Eyck (biographical name)
  25. van Gogh (biographical name)
  26. Van Rensselaer (biographical name)
  27. book van (noun)
  28. brake van (noun)
  29. cinema van (noun)
  30. guard's van (noun)

1van

noun \ˈvan\

Definition of VAN

1
dialect English : a winnowing device (as a fan)
2
: wing 1a

Origin of VAN

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin vannus — more at winnow
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with VAN

an, ban, bran, can, clan, Dan, fan, flan, Jan, Klan, man, pan, Pan, panne, plan, scan, Shan, span, tan, Van

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