Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bom

/bɑm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: bom
IPA: /bɑm/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of bill of materials.

noun

Acronym of byte order mark.

noun

Acronym of business-office must (“a story that must be published at the behest of the publication's business office”).

noun

Initialism of Book of Mormon.

name

Initialism of Bureau of Meteorology.

Australian usage

name

Initialism of Book of Mormon.

name

Initialism of Bureau of Meteorology.

Australian usage

noun

Initialism of bill of materials.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɑm/

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

BOMs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

BofM

Synonyms

BoM

Homonyms

bomb balm (some speakers with the father-bother merger) balm

Rhymes With

mom tom bomb calm islam vietnam palm com prom dom rom comm

Questions

How do you pronounce bom?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑm/.
What does bom mean?: Acronym of bill of materials.

How to pronounce bom

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