bom⋅bé
/bɒmˈbeɪ; Fr. bɔ̃ˈbeɪ/
Show Spelled Pronunciation [bom-bey; Fr. bawn-bey]
Show IPA –adjective Furniture. | curving or swelling outward. |
Origin: 1900–05; < F: lit., rounded like a bomb (
bombe bomb +
-é adj. suffix < L
-ātus -ate 1 )

bombe (bŏm, bôɴb) n. A dessert consisting of two or more layers of variously flavored ice cream frozen in a round or melon-shaped mold.
[French (from its shape); see bomb.] |
bom·bé (bŏm'bā', bôɴ'-) adj. Curving or bulging outward. Used of furniture.
[French, from bombe, bomb; see bomb.] |
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