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CROSSBOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("crossbow" is a kind of...):
bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)