English Explanatory Dictionary

bombe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
  2. A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection.
  3. An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bombe.wav /bɒm(b)/

Word forms

bombe bombes

Etymology

From French bombe. Doublet of bomb.

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