bom.
bomb (explosive)
Meaning & usage
bomb (explosive)
Er werd een bom ontdekt in het treinstation.
De bommen vielen op de stad tijdens de luchtaanval.
gas cylinder (cylindrical vessel for compressed gas)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French bombe, still attested as bombe in Early Modern Dutch.
single mother
Where this word comes from
Initialism of bewust ongehuwde moeder (“deliberately unmarried mother”). First attested in 1978.
bung, stopper (for barrels)
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.
flat-bottomed marine fishing vessel
Where this word comes from
Clipping of bomschuit.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.