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howitzers

howitzers is the plural of howitzer.

howitzers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of howitzer.

Meaning of howitzer

Noun

howitzer (plural howitzers)

  1. A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
  2. A powerfully hit shot.
    • Belgium took a little while to catch Scotland with the first of the howitzer blows, but when the first one landed there was a certainty of more. Many more.2018 September 7, Tom English, “Scotland 0-4 Belgium”, in BBC Sport

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Phrases with howitzers

Questions about howitzers

What is howitzers the plural of?
Howitzers is the plural of howitzer.

Words near howitzers in the dictionary

  1. howitz
  2. howitzer
  3. howitzered
  4. howitzering
  5. howitzerlike
  6. howitzers
  7. howitzes
  8. howja
  9. howk
  10. howked
  11. howker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: howitzers (page history and authors); howitzer (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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