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centrefire

centrefire is the alternative form of centerfire.

Meaning of centerfire

Noun

centerfire (plural centerfires)

  1. A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.
    Synonyms:
    central fire

Forms of centrefire

pluralcentrefires

Questions about centrefire

What is centrefire the alternative form of?
Centrefire is the alternative form of centerfire.

Words near centrefire in the dictionary

  1. centredness
  2. centrefield
  3. centrefielder
  4. centrefielders
  5. centrefields
  6. centrefire
  7. centrefires
  8. centrefold
  9. centrefolds
  10. centreground
  11. centreing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centrefire (page history and authors); centerfire (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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