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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

bomber

· IPA /ˈbɑmɚ/
01 n. a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight.
  1. 1.
    a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight.
  2. 2.
    a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the US.
  3. 3.
    a person who drops bombs or plants and explodes bombs, especially surreptitously.
  4. 4.
    a bomber jacket. See: bomber jacket
Syn. grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.