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Bombage — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buckling noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.

Senses

Bombage is used for these senses in English:

  • buckling The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).

buckling — full definition

  1. noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.
  2. noun The act of fastening something with a buckle.
  3. noun A young male goat, roughly one to two years old.

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