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.38-CALIBRE
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter
Example:
a .38 caliber shell
Synonyms:
.38-caliber; .38-calibre; .38 caliber; .38 calibre
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
calibre (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)