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bomb crater

bomb crater noun: a hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).

bomb crater: a hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber...
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Noun

bomb crater (plural bomb craters)

  1. A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).
    • Scene near Ingatestone, L.N.E.R., shortly after the locomotive of a London-Harwich train had fallen into a bomb crater.1943 September and October, “Notes and News: Locomotive in Bomb Crater”, in Railway Magazine, page 311, photo caption

Forms of bomb crater

pluralbomb craters

Questions about bomb crater

What does bomb crater mean?
Bomb crater means a hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).
What part of speech is bomb crater?
Bomb crater is a noun.
What is the plural of bomb crater?
The plural of bomb crater is bomb craters.

Words near bomb crater in the dictionary

  1. bomb
  2. bomb around
  3. bomb ass
  4. bomb calorimeter
  5. bomb calorimeters
  6. bomb crater
  7. bomb craters
  8. bomb cyclone
  9. bomb cyclones
  10. bomb diggety
  11. bomb disposal unit

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