Bumblebee
/ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
- 2 robust hairy social bee of temperate regions wordnet
- 3 A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
- 4 A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.
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More examples"A bumblebee flew out the window."
Etymology
1520s from bumble + bee, replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century. The name of the drink is a semantic loan from Ukrainian джміль (džmilʹ).