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bhaang

bhaang is the alternative form of bhang.

Meaning of bhang

Noun

bhang (uncountable)

  1. A traditional South Asian preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, consumed in food or drink.
  2. (India, Kenya, North, Pakistan, Uganda, elsewhere slang) Cannabis or its preparations generally.
    • Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36

Questions about bhaang

What is bhaang the alternative form of?
Bhaang is the alternative form of bhang.

Words near bhaang in the dictionary

  1. BGT
  2. BH
  3. BHA
  4. bhaaji
  5. bhaajis
  6. bhaang
  7. bhabar
  8. Bhabhan
  9. bhabhar
  10. bhabhi
  11. bhabhur

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