BOMBLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bomblet mean? 

• BOMBLET (noun)
  The noun BOMBLET has 1 sense:

1. one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb

  Familiarity information: BOMBLET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bomblet; cluster bomblet

Hypernyms ("bomblet" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bomblet"):

bombie (an unexploded bomblet)

Holonyms ("bomblet" is a part of...):

cluster bomb (bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area)

Derivation:

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)