bombproof
/ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
Example Sentences
- "bombproof buildings"
- "Steve's steel-frame mountain bike is heavy and slow, but it's bombproof."
- "As I waded through the mud to go down into the bombproof, it struck me uneasily that our officers glanced at each other."
- "At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs."
- "It mounted a 10-inch Columbiad and two 32-pounders on the sea face, with field guns and other 32-pounders elsewhere. In addition to this armament, it contained two bombproofs."
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Usage
Inflected Forms
more bombproof (comparative)
most bombproof (superlative)
bombproofs (plural)
bombproofs (present, singular)
bombproofing (participle, present)
bombproofed (participle, past)
bombproofed (past)