bumper B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ UK /ˈbʌmpə/ See IPA manual Freq #10275 Meanings 1 noun A bar at the front and back of a vehicle that absorbs the impact of a crash. The car's front bumper was dented in the parking lot. 2 adj Unusually large or plentiful. The farmers celebrated a bumper harvest this year. Thesaurus Word family Forms bumpers Derived forms bumper-stickerbumper-to-bumperbumperettebumperfish Common collocations bumper car Noun + noun Etymology From bump + -er. Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bumper **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbʌmpə/ **Frequency rank:** 10275 ## Meanings 1. A bar at the front and back of a vehicle that absorbs the impact of a crash. 2. Unusually large or plentiful. ## Examples - The car's front bumper was dented in the parking lot. - The farmers celebrated a bumper harvest this year. ## Derived Forms - bumper-sticker - bumper-to-bumper - bumperette - bumperfish ## Etymology From bump + -er. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown