bombase

== English == === Etymology === From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European. === Noun === bombase (usually uncountable, plural bombases) (historical) Cotton wool made from raw cotton, typically used as padding in clothing or as a stopper. === Verb === bombase (third-person singular simple present bombases, present participle bombasing, simple past and past participle bombased) (obsolete) To pad with, or as with, bombase. (obsolete) To astonish.