Pronunciation: ' mä-l ə - ˌ to ̇ f-, ' mo ̇ -, ' m ō -, - ˌ to ̇ v-
Function: noun
Etymology: Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Date: 1940
: a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled