Bomb — Defs

01 n. A great noise; a hollow sound.

1.
A great noise; a hollow sound.[Obs.]
“A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath.” — Bacon.
2.
A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.(Mil.) See: Shell
3.
A bomb ketch.

Phrases & compounds

Bomb chest — a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.

Bomb ketch — a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.

Bomb lance — a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.

Volcanic bomb — a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.

02 v. t. To bombard.

1.
To bombard.[Obs.]

03 v. i. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

1.
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.[Obs.]