Samba

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  • noun. A Brazilian dance in duple meter of African origin, performed in groups, by couples, or as a solo.
  • noun. The music for this dance.
  • intransitive verb. To perform this dance.
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  • noun. A Brazilian ballroom dance.
  • verb. To dance the samba.
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  • verb. dance the samba
  • noun. 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
  • noun. music composed for dancing the samba
  • noun. a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
  • noun. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
  • Word Usage
    "The word samba means to dance and invoke the African spirits."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Mamba  bomba  mamba  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Gallo-  Santa  attach  baile  controller  
    verb-form
    sambaed  sambaing  sambas