1. A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
   "The B-52 bomber has been in service for over 60 years"
    
2. A person who plants bombs
   "The police were searching for the bomber responsible for the recent attacks"
    
3. [US, informal] A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
   "He ordered a classic Italian bomber with all the toppings";
   - grinder [US, informal], hero [N. Amer], hero sandwich [N. Amer], hoagie [N. Amer], hoagy [N. Amer], Cuban sandwich [N. Amer], Italian sandwich [N. Amer], poor boy [N. Amer], sub [N. Amer, informal], submarine [N. Amer], submarine sandwich [N. Amer], torpedo [US], wedge [US, informal], zep [N. Amer]
    
4. [slang] A large cannabis cigarette
   "They passed around a bomber at the party"

Derived forms: bombers

Type of: actor, aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], doer, military plane, plane, sandwich, sarnie [Brit, informal], warplane, worker

Encyclopedia: Bomber