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bombe
1[ bom, bomb; French bawnb ]
noun
, plural bombes [bomz, bombz, baw, n, b].
- a round or melon-shaped frozen mold made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
bombé
2[ bom-bey; French bawn-bey ]
adjective
, Furniture.
- curving or swelling outward.
bombe
1/ bɒmb /
noun
- Also calledbombe glacée a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- a mould shaped like a bomb in which this dessert is made
bombé
2/ bɔ̃be; bɒmˈbeɪ /
adjective
- (of furniture) having a projecting swollen shape
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bombe1
C19: from French, literally: bomb ; from its rounded shape
Origin of bombe2
French, literally: bomb-shaped, from bombe bomb
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Example Sentences
The bombé forehead is characteristic of hydrocephaly, but may occur also in the scaphoid cranium.
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