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Caliber

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qualitynoun(uncountable) Level of excellence.
boreverb(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
calibrenoun(UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) Alternative form of caliber. [Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.]

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calibrenoun(UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) Alternative form of caliber. [Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.]
qualitynoun(uncountable) Level of excellence.
boreverb(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
gunnounA device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
.45noun(firearms) A standard kind of firearm designed to fire bullets that are approximately 0.45 inch in diameter.
.22noun(firearms) A firearm chambered for a .22-caliber rimfire cartridge.
artillerynounLarge projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
firenoun(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
sizingnounA weak glue used in various trades; size.
quenchingnoun(metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.
gaugenounA measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
mashnoun(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
calibrateverb(technology, transitive) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
staturenounA person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
categorynounA group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
classnoun(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
rotnoun(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
gagenounTo bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
diameternoun(geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.
sizenounThe dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.

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