An aircraft on a bombing operation.

An aircraft equipped with bombs for bombing an enemy, his positions, territory, etc.

(a) an aircraft used or designed to drop bombs at night; (b) the pilot of such an aircraft.

The name of a type of aeroplane, used for attacking warships.

a bomber or a large freight-carrying aircraft.

a bomber of intermediate size, weight, range, or capacity.

a dive-bombing aircraft.

A heavy bomber.

a person or aeroplane that carries out a nuisance raid.

An aircraft which carries or drops atom bombs.

Military. An aircraft designed for interdiction bombing (see interdiction, n. 4). Frequently attributive and in other combinations.

Elliptical for stealth technology, stealth bomber, etc.: see sense additions c below.