Definition of bomb

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Bomb (n.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell..

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Proof :: Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof..
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Bombard :: Bombard (n.) See Bombardo.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Bombylious :: Bombylious (a.) Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly..
Bombazet Bombazette :: Bombazet Bombazette (n.) A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled..
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Bombard :: Bombard (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Bombasine :: Bombasine (n.) Same as Bombazine.
Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Bombax :: Bombax (n.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax..
Tank :: Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls..
Bombard :: Bombard (n.) Padded breeches.
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45ยก, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Bomb :: Bomb (v. t.) To bombard.
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