English Explanatory Dictionary

bombase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.
verb
  1. To pad with, or as with, bombase.
  2. To astonish.

Word forms

bombase bombases bombasing bombased

Etymology

From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European.

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