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bombases

bombases is the plural of bombase.

bombases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bombase.

Meaning of bombase

Noun

bombase (usually uncountable, plural bombases)

  1. (historical, usually) Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper.
    • Need you any inke and bombase?1579, Hollyband, Italian schole-maister

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Questions about bombases

What is bombases the plural of?
Bombases is the plural of bombase.

Words near bombases in the dictionary

  1. bombards
  2. bombas
  3. Bombasa
  4. bombase
  5. bombased
  6. bombases
  7. bombasin
  8. bombasine
  9. bombasines
  10. bombasing
  11. bombasins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bombases (page history and authors); bombase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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