Bengal

[ben-gawl, -gahl, beng-, ben-guhl, beng-]

noun

1. a former province in northeastern India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.

2. Bay of Bengal, a part of the Indian Ocean between India and Myanmar (Burma).

3. a raw silk from Bengal.

4. a fabric, especially one made of silk and hair.

5. a fabric, similar to muslin, with printed stripes.

Bengal

/ bɛnˈɡɔːl, bɛŋ- /

noun

1. a former province of NE India, in the great deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers: in 1947 divided into West Bengal (belonging to India) and East Bengal (Bangladesh)

2. a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar

3. a breed of medium-large cat with a spotted or marbled coat

Example Sentences

He told me about this 1968 Dodge Charger R/T he had seen with emblems of the Cincinnati Bengals football team.

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The Bengals have lost three in a row, and finally got back to scoring a bit last week.

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Detroit's running back duo Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery scored a touchdown in the same game for the 14th time - a joint NFL record - as the Lions put away the Cincinnati Bengals 37-24.

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That itself is a towering achievement, but Roy's grassroots origins in a nondescript tribal village in West Bengal state's Purulia district - thousands of miles from Venice's glamorous palazzos - makes her triumph even more meaningful.

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He should have been more a part of the conversation last year after single-handedly almost overcoming an appalling defence to drag the Bengals into the play-offs.

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