bombe
1 Americannoun
plural
bombesadjective
noun
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Also called: bombe glacée. a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
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a mould shaped like a bomb in which this dessert is made
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bombe1
1890–95; < French: literally, bomb, from its shape
Origin of bombé2
1900–05; < French: literally, rounded like a bomb ( bombe bomb + -é adj. suffix < Latin -ātus -ate 1 )
Example Sentences
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“It was Welchman’s insight to add those cross wires. Lets the bombe check more combinations at once.”
From Literature
“Then we can ask: What Enigma settings would turn that block of cipher into those words? The bombe will check solutions at electronic speed. But none of it works without good cribs, and we only have good cribs because of the breaks you’re making in Hut 6.”
From Literature
He watches the bombe’s rotors spin and clack.
From Literature
Turing checks the connections on the bombe as he talks.
From Literature
The bombe is really working now.
From Literature
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