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bumble bee

bumble bee is the alternative spelling of bumblebee.

Meaning of bumblebee

Noun

bumblebee (plural bumblebees)

  1. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
    • The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 69
  2. A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
  3. A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.

Forms of bumble bee

pluralbumble bees

Words formed from bumble bee

Questions about bumble bee

What is bumble bee the alternative spelling of?
Bumble bee is the alternative spelling of bumblebee.

Words near bumble bee in the dictionary

  1. bumbershoots
  2. Bumbești-Jiu
  3. Bumbești-Pițic
  4. bumble
  5. bumble along
  6. bumble bee
  7. bumble bees
  8. bumble puppy
  9. bumble-bee
  10. bumble-bees
  11. bumble-footed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumble bee (page history and authors); bumblebee (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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