"bumper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌmpər/ Audio: en-us-bumper.ogg [US], en-au-bumper.ogg [Australia] Forms: bumper [singular], bumpers [plural]
Etymology: bump + -er Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|bump|er}} bump + -er Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A bumper is a bar at the front or back of a vehicle to reduce damage in a crash.
    Sense id: simple-bumper-en-noun-ooNtNvec
  2. A bumper is something unusually large or abundant.
    Sense id: simple-bumper-en-noun-Sd83UL1c Categories (other): Colloquial
  3. A bumper crop, year, season, harvest, etc., is larger or better than usual.
    Sense id: simple-bumper-en-noun-rWBVf1Fy Categories (other): Attributive modifiers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -er
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