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bom.

a barrier (in the form of a pole that can be raised/lowered or opened/closed)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a barrier (in the form of a pole that can be raised/lowered or opened/closed)

    common-gender

  2. a boom, a balance beam

    common-gender

  3. a miss (failure to hit)

    common-gender

  4. a boom

    common-gender

  5. abbreviation of stjärtbom (“tail boom”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German bom, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Sense 3 is onomatopoeic. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Dutch boom.

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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.