candlebomb

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noun

A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.

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Meanings

nouncandlebomb (plural candlebombs)

plural candlebombs

  1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
  2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.

    sounds of guns , trumpets , bells , drums , steam - blasts , whistles , flights of rockets , explosions of candlebombs, etc.

    1879, Albert James Myer, A Manual of Signals

Origin

From candle + bomb.

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APA

candlebomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlebomb

MLA

“candlebomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlebomb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candlebomb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candlebomb.

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