bombardier

«bombardier» in Mova's school dictionary: the member of a bomber aircraft's crew who aims and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bombardier, bombardiers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bombardier is the member of a bomber aircraft's crew who aims and releases the bombs. tree →

2) (UK, army) A bombardier is a rank in the British Royal Artillery, like a corporal. tree →

3) A bombardier beetle is a beetle that sprays a hot, stinging chemical from its back end to defend itself. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons on the Second World War, bomber crews had a pilot, navigator, gunners and a bombardier. In science lessons, the bombardier beetle is an amazing example of defence: two chemicals mix inside it and burst out boiling hot with a pop. Phrases: «bombardier beetle», «the bombardier aimed».

examples

• The bombardier aimed at the bridge. tree →
• The bomber crew included a pilot, a navigator and a bombardier. tree →
• A bombardier beetle sprays hot liquid at ants. tree →
• My great-grandad was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery. tree →
• The bombardier beetle makes a little popping sound. tree →
• Bombardiers trained for many months. tree →

note

Say it "bom-ba-DEER". Plural «bombardiers». Related: «bomb», «bombard» (to attack with many bombs or with questions). In the US Air Force, the word was a crew job, not a rank.

In the corpora

• The bombardier beetle mixes two chemicals in its body to make a spray of about 100 degrees that it shoots from its tail end.
• No real animal breathes fire; the bombardier beetle sprays a nearly boiling chemical mix from a tough chamber at attackers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bombardier» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.