bombardon, bombard
(noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombard
(verb) direct high energy particles or radiation against
bombard, barrage
(verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; “The speaker was barraged by an angry audience”; “The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer”
bombard, bomb
(verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs; “The Americans bombed Dresden”
pelt, bombard
(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; “They pelted each other with snowballs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bombard (plural bombards)
a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
(obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
(obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
(poetic, rare) A bombardment.
(music) A bombardon.
bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)
To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
(figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
(physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
• bomb
Bombard (plural Bombards)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bombard is the 14643rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2032 individuals. Bombard is most common among White (96.11%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Bom"bard, n. Etym: [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.]
1. (Gun.)
Definition: A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.
2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] J. Barlow.
3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. Shak.
4. pl.
Definition: Padded breeches. [Obs.] Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Bom"bard, n. Etym: [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.)
Definition: See Bombardo. [Obs.]
Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bombarding.]
Definition: To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. Wood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
