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• The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.From the entry chamber
• The old wood and plasterboard vaporized under the buzzsaw of .30 caliber bullets.2013, Stephen Hunter, Hot Springs. From the entry buzzsaw
• Beadles doubted whether the tiny caliber weapon would stop the clavigerous thug .2013, Mike Baron, Skorpio. From the entry clavigerous
• The ordinance officer at Fort Ridgely had packed.62 caliber rather than .58 caliber ammunition.2012 03, John Christgau, Birch Coulie: The Epic Battle of the Dakota War, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry ordinance
• Large caliber ordinance was already ripping into the floor just in front of them.2012 July 13, Gerard de Marigny, Rise to the Call, JarRyJorNo Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry ordinance
• In capillaries of larger caliber, three to four endothelial cells may encompass the lumen.2004, William J. Krause, The Art of Examining and Interpreting Histologic Preparations, 2nd edition, Universal Publishers, page 39. From the entry tunica intima
• And get a couple of boxes of .40 caliber Glasers, too.2000, John W. Myers, “Can Your Home Fort be Defended if Attacked? Or, ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition’”, in The Crossland…. From the entry softnose
• And about a dozen boxes of .30 caliber softnoses for my SKS.2000, John W. Myers, “Can Your Home Fort be Defended if Attacked? Or, ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition’”, in The Crossland…. From the entry softnose
• The bowl was a .50 caliber cartridge shell, soldered to a metal stem.1939, Edwin Lanham, The Stricklands. From the entry forepocket
• This attempt to burglarize the house betrayed the caliber of the enemy.1922, Victor Appleton, chapter 9, in Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive, New York: Grossett and Dunlap, page 82. From the entry burglarize
• The best-known Allied gun-howitzer used during World War II was the British 25-Pounder Gun, which had a caliber of 87 mm.2000, Michael and Gladys Green, “Artillery Weapons”, in Weapons of Patton's Armies. From the entry gun-howitzer
• Greene, "Offering an import of this caliber to the trade provides them with an additional sales and profit opportunity".1953, Fishing Gazette - Volume 70, page 118. From the entry Edinburger
• This 8-pound, .54-caliber rifle comes equipped with a shallow-grooved 1:24 twist rifling, which makes it ideal for a wide array of sabotted bullets.2005, Dave Ehrig, “Muzzleloading Gun Types and Tips”, in Muzzleloading for Deer and Turkey, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry sabotted
• The policewoman, Kimberly Greenleaf, 34, apparently struggled with Officer Thomas Marchitto, 37, before she shot him once in the neck with her .38-caliber service revolver.1995 September 4, “Two Officers Argue, And One Is Shot”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Mar 2018. From the entry service revolver
• Laden with mortars, ammo, and a Browning .50-caliber heavy machine gun, the heavy weaponsmen lumbered after the two to the position Gunnar had chosen.1990, John Lansing, Nguy-Hiem War Zone, page 57. From the entry weaponsman
• He always missed the running figures in rubber suits by fifty feet, placing his .50 caliber machine gun bullets harmlessly in rubble and dust.1964, Explorations in Education, volumes 1-12, page 93. From the entry nerven
• Due to its prevalence among farmers and those with no interest in firearms outside hunting, it has been unfairly typecast as a “fudd caliber” for years.2015 July 8, “Henry .30-30 H009 Rifle”, in Outdoor Hub. From the entry fudd
• At night, resident DJs and international guests the caliber of Peter Kruder have everybody shakin' their booties in the well-preserved Art Deco hall or at the "red room" upstairs.2007, Fernando Gayesky, Elizabeth Gorman, Kristin Luna, MTV Spain. From the entry red room
• For this reason a better understanding of their earliest acquisition and the implications for the invention of the tomol require further analysis using the higher caliber "high-resolution" data.2004, Jeanne E. Arnold, Foundations of Chumash Complexity, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, →ISBN. From the entry tomol
• I’M SURE THAT women film producers are hard to find; especially “produceresses” of the caliber of Dona Holloway, who co-produces Universal Studios thriller-chillers with William Castle—things like “Strait-Jacket,” etc.1965 February 10, Henry S. Humphreys, “Soprano, And ‘Produceress’”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, 124th year, number 307, Cincinnati, Oh.…. From the entry produceress
• Of course the metal of the car wheels and the caliber of the baby must be topnotch to allow either of them to react upon grit climbingly.1912 April 21, “Authority on Cranberries. How Lucian J. Fosdick of Dorchester Has Made His Way in Business---Once Sawed a Cord of Wood for…. From the entry climbingly
• "Their most likely targets then could be the little boy, the widow, and the Spezzafumo gang," Beniamino summed up, pushing a gun brush through the barrel of a .45-caliber pistol.2015, Massimo Carlotto, For All the Gold in the World. From the entry gun brush

Meaning of caliber

1. noun Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
2. noun The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
3. noun A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.

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Questions about caliber in a sentence

How do you use caliber in a sentence?

Caliber is used as a noun. For example: “The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.”

What is a short sentence with caliber?

“And get a couple of boxes of .40 caliber Glasers, too.”

What does caliber mean?

Caliber means diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.