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sofar bomb

sofar bomb noun: a device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency sound when it enters the sofar channel; used to determine the location of sunken vessels.

Noun (1)

sofar bomb (plural sofar bombs)

  1. A device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency sound when it enters the sofar channel; used to determine the location of sunken vessels.

Noun (2) capitalized: SOFAR bomb

SOFAR bomb (plural SOFAR bombs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of sofar bomb.

Forms of sofar bomb

pluralsofar bombs
alternative formSOFAR bomb
pluralSOFAR bombs

Questions about sofar bomb

What does sofar bomb mean?
Sofar bomb means a device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency sound when it enters the sofar channel; used to determine the location of sunken vessels.
What part of speech is sofar bomb?
Sofar bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of sofar bomb?
The plural of sofar bomb is sofar bombs.

Words near sofar bomb in the dictionary

  1. sofalcone
  2. sofaless
  3. sofalike
  4. Sofana
  5. sofar
  6. sofar bomb
  7. sofar bombs
  8. sofar channel
  9. sofas
  10. sofasurfer
  11. sofasurfers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sofar bomb (page history and authors); SOFAR bomb (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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