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plural bombes
A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. examples
(chiefly in German cooking, otherwise rare) A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection. (Compare truffle.) quotations
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.
1983, Bon Appétit, volume 28, page 17
The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée.
2000, New York Times, The New York Times Guide to New York City 2001, page 454
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.
2009, Tim Richardson, Sweets: A History of Candy , page 374
(computing) An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis. examples