Meaning of bombe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
2. A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection.
3. An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.

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Examples

“Sous-chef Daniel O'Reagan prepares an array of tempting desserts, including a zabaglione and marzipan bombe, chocolate mousse torte and an amaretto-flavored cheesecake.”

“The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée.”

“Austria boasts the Mozart ball, a marzipan-filled chocolate ball wrapped in a portrait of the composer. Niemetz of Vienna also manufactures a famous marshmallow bombe called the Schwedenbombe.”

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