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gun barrel

gun barrel noun: the barrel of a gun. Also the clipping of gun barrel tank.

Noun

gun barrel (plural gun barrels)

  1. The barrel of a gun.
    • The gun barrel, whether forged, rolled, or drawn, is known technically as a tube.1907, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development, page 242
    • The current condemnation criteria for cracking in gun barrels is stated in the applicable technical manual regarding serviceability of Naval gun barrels as being the existence of any crack equal or greater than 3 inches for monobloc barrels.1990, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Review of the Department of the Navy's Investigation Into the Gun Turret Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. "Iowa", page 79

Also used as

gun barrel is also the clipping of gun barrel tank.

Forms of gun barrel

pluralgun barrels

Origin of gun barrel

From gun + barrel.

Questions about gun barrel

What does gun barrel mean?
Gun barrel means the barrel of a gun.
What part of speech is gun barrel?
Gun barrel is a noun.
What is the plural of gun barrel?
The plural of gun barrel is gun barrels.

Words near gun barrel in the dictionary

  1. gumwood
  2. gumwoods
  3. gumwrapper
  4. gumwrappers
  5. gun
  6. gun barrel
  7. gun barrel tank
  8. gun barrel tanks
  9. gun barrels
  10. gun boat
  11. gun boats

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