I.
noun
1 period of sudden increase
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ post-war
▪ consumer , credit , economic , inflationary , investment , spending
▪ stock-market
▪ building , housing , property ( esp. BrE ), real estate ( esp. AmE )
▪ oil
▪ baby
▪
the baby ~ generation
▪ dotcom , high-tech , Internet , tech
VERB + BOOM
▪ cause , create , fuel , lead to
▪
Demand for consumer products helped fuel the ~.
▪ experience
BOOM + NOUN
▪ period , time , year
▪ town
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the ~ , in a/the ~
▪
He was born during the post-war baby ~.
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in real estate
PHRASES
▪ ~ and bust
▪
the ordinary business cycle of ~ and bust
2 deep hollow sound
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , loud
▪ deep
▪ sonic
▪
We heard the sonic ~ of a jet overhead.
VERB + BOOM
▪ hear
BOOM + VERB
▪ echo
▪
The deep ~ of a foghorn echoed across the bay.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
II.
verb
Boom is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ business , ↑ cannon , ↑ economy , ↑ industry , ↑ market , ↑ music , ↑ thunder , ↑ tourism , ↑ trade , ↑ voice