adj
Meaning 1
Sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- bombproof buildings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bombproof
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/ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/
adj
Meaning 2
Very sturdy; as if built to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
Examples
- Steve's steel-frame mountain bike is heavy and slow, but it's bombproof.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make resistant to bomb blasts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bombproof shelter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shellproof
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bomb shelter, air-raid shelter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chamber
verb
Meaning 7
make safe against bombings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proof
History
Etymology
From bomb + -proof.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: bomvrij — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Finnish: pomminkestävä — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- German: bombensicher — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Hungarian: bombabiztos — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Italian: a prova di bomba — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Norwegian Bokmål: bombesikker — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bombesikker — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Polish: bomboodporny — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Spanish: a prueba de bombas — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb
- Swedish: bombsäker — sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb