CROSSBOW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crossbow" is a kind of...):

bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)

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