Meaning & use
bumper
A bar fixed to the front or back of a vehicle to absorb impact in a collision.
See it in a sentence
The delivery van's bumper was dented after it backed into a low wall.
Mechanics replaced the cracked bumper before the car passed its safety inspection.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, bumper describes something unusually large or abundant, as in a bumper crop.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Unusually large or plentiful.
Farmers celebrated a bumper harvest after months of steady rain.
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