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BAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden very loud noise
Synonyms:
bam; bang; blast; clap; eruption
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bam" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bam"):
water hammer (the banging sound of steam in pipes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Bam" is a part of...):
Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb bam
