different between bomber vs comber

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?m??/
• Rhymes: -?m?(r)

Etymology 1

bomb +? -er

Noun

bomber (plural bombers)

1. (aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
2. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
3. (clothing) Ellipsis of bomber jacket.
4. (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
5. A graffiti bomber.
   • 2002, Ivor Miller, Aerosol kingdom: subway painters of New York City (page 195)

     To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]

6. (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

   • 2011, Vera Rubin, Cannabis and Culture (page 510)

     In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."

   • 2017, Thomas Conrad, The Reunion

     That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.

Derived terms

Related terms

• bombardier

Translations

Etymology 2

A shortened form of bombproof.

Adjective

bomber (comparative more bomber, superlative most bomber)

1. (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear.

Usage notes

The forms "more bomber" or "most bomber" are unusual.

Further reading

• bomber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mobber

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bom.?be?/, /bom.?be/

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers)

1. firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 45:

     Corre! Grita a os bombers! Fe-lo ya!

     Run! Shout to the firefighters! Do it now!

Catalan

Etymology

bomba +? -er

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers, feminine bombera)

1. firefighter

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bomb?r/, [?b??mb??]
• Homophone: bumper

Etymology 1

From bombe (“to bomb”, agent noun) +? -er, calque of English bomber.

Noun

bomber c (singular definite bomberen, plural indefinite bombere)

1. (rare) bomber (military aircraft dropping bombs)

   Synonym: bombefly

2. (rare) bomber (a pilot in a bomber)

Inflection

References

• “bomber” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

bomber c

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bomber

1. present tense of bombe

French

Etymology 1

bombe +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.be/

Verb

bomber

1. (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
2. (figuratively) to cower, to bend
3. (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
4. (colloquial) to spray-paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bomber le torse

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bomber (jacket).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.bœ?/
• Homophone: bombeur

Noun

bomber m (plural bombers)

1. bomber jacket

Further reading

• “bomber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bomber.

Noun

bomber m (invariable)

1. graffiti artist
2. goal scorer (football)
3. bomber jacket

Norman

Etymology

From English bomb + -er.

Verb

bomber (gerund bombéthie)

1. (Jersey) to bomb

Derived terms

• bombeux (“bomber”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bomber m or f

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Verb

bomber

1. present of bombe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bomber f

1. indefinite plural of bombe

Swedish

Noun

bomber

1. indefinite plural of bomb

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??m?/
• (US) enPR: k??m?r, IPA^(key): /?ko?m?/
• Homophone: coma (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. A person who combs wool, etc.
2. A machine that combs wool, etc.
3. A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):

     The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray.

Synonyms

• (long curving wave): breaker

Derived terms

• beachcomber

Translations

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mb?/
• (US) enPR: käm?b?r, IPA^(key): /?k?mb?/

Noun

comber (plural combers)

1. Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

Derived terms

• brown comber (Serranus hepatus)
• painted comber (Serranus picta)
• comber wrasse (comb wrasse, Labrus bergylta, syn. Labrus comber)

Translations

Anagrams

• recomb