mail-bomb

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyl bom]
- /meɪl bɒm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyl bom]
- /meɪl bɒm/

Definitions of mail-bomb word

noun mail-bomb Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 1
noun mail-bomb any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb; a smoke bomb. 1
noun mail-bomb Also called volcanic bomb. Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling. 1
noun mail-bomb weather bomb. 1
noun mail-bomb aerosol bomb. 1
noun mail-bomb Football. a long forward pass, especially one to a teammate who scores a touchdown. 1

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Origin of mail-bomb

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Mail-bomb

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Mail-bomb

mail-bomb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.