Firearm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A weapon, especially a pistol or rifle, capable of firing a projectile and using an explosive charge as a propellant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A weapon from which a missile, such as a bullet, cannon-ball, shell, etc., is expelled by the combustion of gunpowder or other similar explosive. Pistols, muskets, cannon, etc., are firearms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a portable gun
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gun   
    Cross Reference
    automatic firearm    blunderbuss    handgun    pistol    airgun   
    Hyponym
    side arm    scattergun    shooting iron    self-loader    twenty-two   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    piece    gun    popgun    pistol    revolver   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    handgun    pistol    ammunition    musket    munitions   
     
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