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RIFLE BALL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does rifle ball mean?

• RIFLE BALL (noun)
The noun RIFLE BALL has 1 sense:

1. a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape

Familiarity information: RIFLE BALL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RIFLE BALL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rifle ball" is a kind of...):

bullet; slug (a projectile that is fired from a gun)

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