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bom⋅bé

[bom-bey; Fr. bawn-bey]
–adjective Furniture.
curving or swelling outward.
Also, bombed.
Compare swell front.


Origin:
1900–05; < F: lit., rounded like a bomb (bombe bomb + adj. suffix < L -ātus -ate 1 )
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bom·bé   (bŏm'bā', bôɴ'-)   
adj.  Curving or bulging outward. Used of furniture.

[French, from bombe, bomb; see bomb.]
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Main Entry: bombé
—see IRIS BOMB{EACUTE}
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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