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candlebombs

candlebombs is the plural of candlebomb.

Meaning of candlebomb

Noun

candlebomb (plural candlebombs)

  1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
  2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
    • sounds of guns , trumpets , bells , drums , steam - blasts , whistles , flights of rockets , explosions of candlebombs, etc.1879, Albert James Myer, A Manual of Signals

Questions about candlebombs

What is candlebombs the plural of?
Candlebombs is the plural of candlebomb.

Words near candlebombs in the dictionary

  1. candlebeam
  2. candlebeams
  3. candleberries
  4. candleberry
  5. candlebomb
  6. candlebombs
  7. candlebox
  8. candleboxes
  9. candlebush
  10. candled
  11. candlefish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candlebombs (page history and authors); candlebomb (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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