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.38 CALIBER

Dictionary entry overview: What does .38 caliber mean?

• .38 CALIBER (adjective)
The adjective .38 CALIBER has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

Familiarity information: .38 CALIBER used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• .38 CALIBER (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

.38 caliber; .38 calibre; .38-caliber; .38-calibre

Context example:

a .38 caliber shell

Pertainym:

caliber (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)

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