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recoil pad

recoil pad noun: a soft rubber (or similar) attachment added to the butt of a long firearm to absorb some of the recoil.

Noun

recoil pad (plural recoil pads)

  1. A soft rubber (or similar) attachment added to the butt of a long firearm to absorb some of the recoil.

Forms of recoil pad

pluralrecoil pads

Questions about recoil pad

What does recoil pad mean?
Recoil pad means a soft rubber (or similar) attachment added to the butt of a long firearm to absorb some of the recoil.
What part of speech is recoil pad?
Recoil pad is a noun.
What is the plural of recoil pad?
The plural of recoil pad is recoil pads.

Words near recoil pad in the dictionary

  1. recohered
  2. recoherence
  3. recoheres
  4. recohering
  5. recoil
  6. recoil pad
  7. recoil pads
  8. recoil spring
  9. recoil springs
  10. recoil start
  11. recoil starts

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