bomb

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
  2. noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
  3. noun an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

Etymology

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

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