From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Airforce, Weaponsbomberbomb‧er /ˈbɒmə $ ˈbɑːmər/ ●●○ noun [countable]1PMPa plane that carries and dropsbombs2PMWsomeone who hides a bomb somewhere in order to destroy somethingExamples from the Corpusbomber• Knowing that it would call up the fighterbombers, the convoyscattered into whatever cover could be found.• But it was unlucky 13 when he took off from an airfield in Yorkshire in a Halifax bomber.• His heavygoldrings and his bomberjacket and his wide-foot stance had added up to a man of experience in my eyes.• Gentlemen, you could very well be using this gravelstrip as an emergency landing field for hugebombers.• What is left of the bombers is their uppertorsos, their heads and their faces.• Three of the admiral's aides, along with the bomber, also died in the attack.
