smoke bomb

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smohk bom]
- /smoʊk bɒm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smohk bom]
- /smoʊk bɒm/

Definitions of smoke bomb words

noun smoke bomb a bomb that produces a continuous discharge of smoke rather than an explosion, used to mark a target for aerial attack, indicate wind direction, produce a smoke screen, etc. 1
noun smoke bomb small missile that lets off smoke 1
countable noun smoke bomb A smoke bomb is a bomb that produces clouds of smoke when it explodes. 0
noun smoke bomb a device that emits large quantities of smoke when ignited 0
noun smoke bomb a kind of bomb containing chemicals which when ignited give off dense clouds of smoke 0

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Origin of smoke bomb

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Smoke bomb

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Smoke bomb

smoke bomb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

smoke bomb usage trend in Literature

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