pipe bomb

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   a small homemade bomb usually contained in a metal pipe

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Questions about pipe bomb

What does pipe bomb mean?

pipe bomb means "a small homemade bomb usually contained in a metal pipe".

Is pipe bomb a common word?

pipe bomb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.