Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Curving or bulging outward. Used of furniture.

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  • adjective especially of furniture Featuring a protruding convex bulge.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from bombe, bomb; see bomb.]

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From French bombé.

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