BUTTERFLY BOMB

Meaning of BUTTERFLY BOMB in English

Mil. a small, aerial, antipersonnel bomb with two folding wings that revolve, slowing the rate of descent and arming the fuze.

[ 1940-45 ]

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BUTTERFLY BOMB — noun : a small antipersonnel bomb fitted with two folding wings that flutter and arm the fuze as the bomb …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — I Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Английский словарь Британика
BOMB — I In volcanology, any unconsolidated volcanic material that has a diameter greater than 1. 25 in. (32 mm). Bombs form …
Английский словарь Британика
BUTTERFLY — I. ˈbəd.ə(r)ˌflī, -ətə- noun Etymology: Middle English butterflie, from Old English buterflēoge, from butere butter + flēoge fly, perhaps from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOMB — I. ˈbäm; sometimes especially South and chiefly archaic ˈbəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably …
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BUTTERFLY — — butterflylike , adj. , adv. /but"euhr fluy'/ , n. , pl. butterflies , v. , butterflied, butterflying , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOMB — — bombable , adj. /bom/ , n. 1. Mil. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and …
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BUTTERFLY — n. any of a number of winged insects of the order Lepidoptera having long slender bodies and four colorful wings; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BUTTERFLY — I. -ˌflī noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. : any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOMB — I. ˈbäm noun Etymology: French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus deep hollow sound, from Greek bombos, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOMB — noun a bomb ketch. 2. bomb ·noun a great noise; a hollow sound. 3. bomb ·vt to bombard. 4. bomb …
Webster English vocab
BUTTERFLY — [but.ter.fly] n, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal insects (order Lepidoptera) with broad often brightly colored …
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BOMB — [bomb] n [F bombe, fr. It bomba, prob. fr. L bombus deep hollow sound, fr. Gk bombos, of imit. origin] …
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BUTTERFLY — Palaechrysophanus hippothoe, an iridescent butterfly any of several thousand species of insects belonging to about six families (or more, in …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOMB — a container carrying an explosive charge that is fused to detonate under certain conditions (as upon impact) and that is …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — butter|fly BrE AmE ˈbʌt ə |flaɪ AmE \ ˈbʌt̬ ə r- ▷ butter|flies flaɪz ▶ ˈ butterfly bush BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — / ˈbʌtəflaɪ; NAmE -tərf-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a flying insect with a long thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOMB — / bɒm; NAmE bɑːm/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a weapon designed to explode at a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — but ‧ ter ‧ fly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ $ -ər-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural butterflies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOMB — I. bomb 1 S3 W3 /bɒm $ bɑːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOMB — n. & v. --n. 1 a a container with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, or gas etc., designed to explode on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOMB — n. & v. n. 1 a a container with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, or gas etc., designed to explode on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1. any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Oxford English vocab
BOMB — n. & v. --n. 1. a a container with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, or gas etc., designed to explode on …
Oxford English vocab
BUTTERFLY — ( butterflies) 1. A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOMB — ( bombs, bombing, bombed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A bomb …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — (butterflies) 1. A ~ is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is a …
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BUTTERFLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge …
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BUTTERFLY — n. butterfly bush admiral butterfly blue butterfly butterfly weed cabbage butterfly copper butterfly monarch butterfly sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly swallowtail …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUTTERFLY — n. Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOMB — n. atomic bomb depth bomb hydrogen bomb thermonuclear bomb H bomb neutron bomb smart bomb buzz bomb flying bomb
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — noun 1 insect VERB + BUTTERFLY ▪ chase ▪ collect ▪ attract ▪ Sweetly scented flowers will attract butterflies to …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOMB — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , huge , large , massive ▪ small ▪ cluster , fire (usually firebomb ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. 25B6; noun lepidopteran. See list. lepidopterous, papilionaceous. Butterflies See also moth . large blue Adonis blue map butterfly alpine …
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BOMB — n. 25B6; noun bombs burst on the runway. : See list. the world has lived with the bomb : NUCLEAR …
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BUTTERFLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOMB — 1. сущ. 1) бомба; мина (миномета); ручная граната to detonate, explode, set off a bomb ≈ взрывать бомбу to drop …
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BUTTERFLY
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BOMB — bomb.ogg 1. bɒm n 1. 1> бомба air bomb - авиационная бомба flying /winged/ bomb - самолёт-снаряд bomb alley - …
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BOMB — 1) бомба ( испытательный сосуд ) 2) баллон ( для сжатых газов ) 3) сосуд высокого давления, автоклав 4) заряд …
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BOMB — 1) бомба (испытательный сосуд) 2) баллон (для сжатых газов) 3) сосуд высокого давления, автоклав 4) заряд ВВ (для морской сейсморазведки) 5) автомобиль с исключительно …
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BUTTERFLY — butterfly сущ.1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BOMB — bomb сущ.1) бомба; мина (миномета); ручная граната to detonate, explode, set off a bomb — взрывать бомбу to drop a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BUTTERFLY
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BOMB — 1. bɒm n 1. 1> бомба air bomb - авиационная бомба flying /winged/ bomb - самолёт-снаряд bomb alley - воен. …
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BUTTERFLY — сущ. 1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOMB — 1. сущ. 1) бомба; мина ( миномета ) ; ручная граната to detonate, explode, set off a bomb — взрывать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BUTTERFLY — сущ. 1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с цветка на цветок 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOMB — 1. сущ. 1) бомба; мина (миномета); ручная граната to detonate, explode, set off a bomb — взрывать бомбу to drop a bomb — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BUTTERFLY
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BUTTERFLY
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BUTTERFLY — _n. 1> бабочка 2> _спорт. баттерфляй (стиль плавания) (тж. butterfly stroke)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BUTTERFLY — n. 1. бабочка 2. спорт. баттерфляй (стиль плавания) (тж. butterfly stroke)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BOMB — 1. толстостенный стальной пробоотборник для отбора проб нефти на забое 2. заряд взрывчатого вещества (для морской сейсмической разведки) - bottomhole pressure …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
BOMB — бомба - Bombard candle bomb - bomb carrier - drop bomb - explosive bomb - gas bomb - incendiary bomb …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
BOMB — I n 1) BrE infml That man was demonstrating how to avoid a flu and save a bomb on central heating — …
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BOMB — bomb n 1. BrE infml That man was demonstrating how to avoid a flu and save a bomb on central …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
BUTTERFLY
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOMB — 1. сущ. 1) бомба; мина (миномета); ручная граната to detonate, explode, set off a bomb ≈ взрывать бомбу to drop …
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