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Synonyms for caliber

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kal-uh-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæl ə bər

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Définition of caliber

Origin :
  • 1560s, "degree of merit or importance," a figurative use from Middle French calibre (late 15c.), apparently ultimately from Arabic qalib "a mold for casting." Arabic also used the word in the sense "mold for casting bullets," which is the oldest literal meaning in English. Meaning "inside diameter of a gun barrel" is attested from 1580s. Barnhart remarks that Spanish calibre, Italian calibro "appear too late to act as intermediate forms" between the Arabic word and the French.
  • noun capacity; character
  • noun size of ammunition
Example sentences :
  • Had he dreamed of the hammer blow of that forty-five caliber bullet?
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Hundreds and thousands of people have minds of this caliber.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • What business could a detective of his caliber have to do with Bertrand Rockamore?
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • Sufficiently expert to care little for an enemy of his caliber.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Guns of all caliber belched their deadly missiles at the charging French.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
  • Even a twenty-two caliber may prove effective at short range.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • The caliber of the gun, for instance, was 25 parts, or 25/24th of the shot diameter.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Carronades usually ranged in caliber from 6- to 68-pounders.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • A few iron siege guns of 18-, 24-, and 32-pounder caliber were on hand.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • Caliber—diameter of the bore; also used to express bore length.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy

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