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trombe

trombe is the alternative form of tromp.

Meaning of tromp

Noun

tromp (plural tromps)

  1. An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.

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Forms of trombe

pluraltrombes

Phrases with trombe

Questions about trombe

What is trombe the alternative form of?
Trombe is the alternative form of tromp.

Words near trombe in the dictionary

  1. tromantadine
  2. tromba marina
  3. tromba marinist
  4. tromba marinists
  5. trombas marina
  6. trombe
  7. Trombe wall
  8. Trombe walls
  9. trombenick
  10. trombenicks
  11. trombenik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trombe (page history and authors); tromp (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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