English Explanatory Dictionary

pumpkin bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of conventional high-explosive aerial bomb used by the United States against Japan during World War II.

Word forms

pumpkin bomb pumpkin bombs

Etymology

From its ellipsoidal shape.

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