DIVE BOMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dive bomber mean? 

• DIVE BOMBER (noun)
  The noun DIVE BOMBER has 1 sense:

1. a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target

  Familiarity information: DIVE BOMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVE BOMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dive bomber" is a kind of...):

bomber (a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight)

Derivation:

dive-bomb (bomb from a diving airplane)