Index of English words, starting with "bo"

(1) - Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
(2) - Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
(3) - Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
(4) - Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
(5) - Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

(1) - Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastical

(1) - Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.