English Explanatory Dictionary

Molotov breadbasket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cluster bomb; a munition that disperses multiple smaller explosives.
  2. The RRAB-3, a Soviet cluster bomb.

Word forms

Molotov breadbasket Molotov breadbaskets Molotov bread basket Molotov's bread basket

Etymology

Coined around 1940 to describe cluster munitions used in Finland by the Soviet Union during the Winter War (1939-1940). From Molotov + breadbasket, after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Compare Molotov cocktail.

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