Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

general-purpose bomb

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: gen-er-al-pur-pose bomb
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect

Synonyms

GP bomb

Questions

What does general-purpose bomb mean?: a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect

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