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\ ˈbän\
plural -s
Definition of bon
(Entry 1 of 4)
1 : broad bean
bon
noun (2)\ ˈbän\
plural -s
Definition of bon (Entry 2 of 4)
: china grass
Bon
noun (3)\ ˈbȯn\
plural -s
Definition of Bon (Entry 3 of 4)
: 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
Bon
noun (4)\ "\
plural -s
Definition of Bon (Entry 4 of 4)
: the pre-Buddhist animistic religion of Tibet
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