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Babar

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  • noun an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children

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Examples

  • One of the things I love about "Babar" is how increasingly complicated the story got the older I became (that's actually one of the things I love about most children's literature).

    Rebecca Serle: Top 10 Classic Children's Books Rebecca Serle 2010

  • One of the things I love about "Babar" is how increasingly complicated the story got the older I became (that's actually one of the things I love about most children's literature).

    Rebecca Serle: Top 10 Classic Children's Books Rebecca Serle 2010

  • One of the things I love about "Babar" is how increasingly complicated the story got the older I became (that's actually one of the things I love about most children's literature).

    Rebecca Serle: Top 10 Classic Children's Books Rebecca Serle 2010

  • One of the things I love about "Babar" is how increasingly complicated the story got the older I became (that's actually one of the things I love about most children's literature).

    Rebecca Serle: Top 10 Classic Children's Books Rebecca Serle 2010

  • One of the things I love about "Babar" is how increasingly complicated the story got the older I became (that's actually one of the things I love about most children's literature).

    Rebecca Serle: Top 10 Classic Children's Books Rebecca Serle 2010

  • Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I did not recall the walk-on appearance, if that is the right word, of an ecstatic mob of kangaroos in Babar et ce coquin d’Arthur, Laurent de Brunhoff’s first volume (1946).

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Monkey was a step too far, with Fergus noting it looked like a "butchered baby"; elephant was rejected after the pair gazed with respect at the huge mammal, and Fergus's eyes misted over as he recalled the Babar stories he cherished in childhood.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • I loved the Elysian Fields reference, and also smiled when Dean called the elephant 'Babar', haha I used to love that show!

    Supernatural: Hammer of the Gods - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • After more frequent run-ins around Washington, the two began to speak with more regularity and realized they shared many interests: Jay-Z, basketball, spicy Thai food and "Babar," a favorite childhood book.

    Emily Bracken: Weddings/Celebrations Announcement: Joseph Biden, Barack Obama 2009

  • "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff says the book's exercises can benefit children, but advises adult supervision.

    Periscope 2007

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. character
  2. fictional character
  3. fictitious character

rhymes (78)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Adar
  2. Aer
  3. Afar
  4. Ajar
  5. Ar
  6. Azar
  7. Bar
  8. Barr
  9. Belvoir
  10. Car
  11. Dakar
  12. Farrar
  13. Lahr
  14. Lar
  15. Mar
  16. Myanmar
  17. Navarre
  18. Par
  19. Parr
  20. Qatar
  21. R
  22. Renoir
  23. Saar
  24. Starr
  25. Thar
  26. Ulaanbaatar
  27. afar
  28. ajar
  29. ar
  30. are
  31. baar
  32. bar
  33. barre
  34. bazaar
  35. bazar
  36. bizarre
  37. bondar
  38. boyar
  39. car
  40. carr
  41. carre
  42. char
  43. cigar
  44. czar
  45. darr
  46. dinar
  47. disbar
  48. fahr
  49. far
  50. foobar
  51. gar
  52. guitar
  53. haar
  54. har
  55. jaffar
  56. jar
  57. lar
  58. mahr
  59. mar
  60. our
  61. paar
  62. par
  63. parr
  64. phar
  65. quarre
  66. r
  67. r.
  68. sagar
  69. scar
  70. sitar
  71. spar
  72. star
  73. subpar
  74. superstar
  75. tar
  76. thar
  77. tsar
  78. wor

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    April 21, 2011