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HOWITZER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
Synonyms:
howitzer; mortar; trench mortar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("howitzer" is a kind of...):
high-angle gun (a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges)
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