Meanings
nounbomb crater (plural bomb craters)
plural bomb craters
- A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).
Scene near Ingatestone, L.N.E.R., shortly after the locomotive of a London-Harwich train had fallen into a bomb crater.
1943 September and October, “Notes and News: Locomotive in Bomb Crater”, in Railway Magazine, page 311, photo caption
Translations
Dutch bomkrater
- bomkraterhole created by a bomb explosion
Estonian pommilehter
- pommilehterhole created by a bomb explosion
Finnish pommikuoppa
- pommikuoppahole created by a bomb explosion
French cratère de bombe
- cratère de bombehole created by a bomb explosion
German Bombenkrater
- Bombenkraterhole created by a bomb explosion
Hungarian bombakráter, bombatölcsér
- bombakráterhole created by a bomb explosion
- bombatölcsérhole created by a bomb explosion
Italian cratere di bomba
- cratere di bombahole created by a bomb explosion
Norwegian Bokmål bombekrater
- bombekraterhole created by a bomb explosion
Polish lej po bombie
- lej po bombiehole created by a bomb explosion
Romanian crater al unei bombe
- crater al unei bombehole created by a bomb explosion
Russian бомбовая воронка
- бомбовая воронка (bombovaja voronka)hole created by a bomb explosion
Cite this entry
APA
bomb crater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20crater
MLA
“bomb crater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20crater. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bomb crater,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20crater.
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