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preboom

preboom adjective: before a boom.

Adjective

preboom (not comparable)

  1. Before a boom
    • From 1999 to 2007, the price of Pu’er, a fermented brew invented by Tang Dynasty traders, increased tenfold[…] before tumbling far below its preboom levels.2009 January 17, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in New York Times

Origin of preboom

From pre- + boom.

Questions about preboom

What does preboom mean?
Preboom means before a boom.
What part of speech is preboom?
Preboom is an adjective.

Words near preboom in the dictionary

  1. prebookable
  2. prebooked
  3. prebooking
  4. prebookings
  5. prebooks
  6. preboom
  7. preboost
  8. preboot
  9. Preboreal
  10. preborn
  11. preborrowing

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