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breechblocks

breechblocks is the plural of breechblock.

Meaning of breechblock

Noun

breechblock (plural breechblocks)

  1. The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.

Questions about breechblocks

What is breechblocks the plural of?
Breechblocks is the plural of breechblock.

Words near breechblocks in the dictionary

  1. breech-cloths
  2. breech-loader
  3. breech-loaders
  4. breech-loading
  5. breechblock
  6. breechblocks
  7. breechcloth
  8. breechcloths
  9. breechclout
  10. breechclouts
  11. breeched

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breechblocks (page history and authors); breechblock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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