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bom.

bomb (explosive)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔm/
  1. bomb (explosive)

    feminine
    Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation.
    De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval.
  2. gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)

    Suriname · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.

noun/bɔm/
  1. single mother

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Initialism of bewust ongehuwde moeder (“deliberately unmarried mother”). First attested in 1978.

noun/bɔm/
  1. bung, stopper (for barrels)

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bomme, bonne, probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.

noun/bɔm/
  1. flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Clipping of bomschuit.

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