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bombolo

bombolo noun: a thin spheroidal glass retort (flask), in which camphor is sublimed.

Noun

bombolo (plural bombolos or bomboloes)

  1. (obsolete) A thin spheroidal glass retort (flask), in which camphor is sublimed.

Forms of bombolo

pluralbombolos
pluralbomboloes

Origin of bombolo

Compare Italian bombola (“a pitcher”).

Questions about bombolo

What does bombolo mean?
Bombolo means a thin spheroidal glass retort (flask), in which camphor is sublimed.
What part of speech is bombolo?
Bombolo is a noun.
What is the plural of bombolo?
The plural of bombolo is bombolos.

Words near bombolo in the dictionary

  1. bomboclaat
  2. bomboclaats
  3. bomboclat
  4. bomboclats
  5. bombogenesis
  6. bombolo
  7. bomboloes
  8. bombolos
  9. Bombon
  10. bombonne
  11. bombonnes

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