Definition of "subcaliber" [sub•cal•i•ber]

Smaller in caliber than the barrel of the gun from which it was fired. Used of projectiles. (adjective)
Of or relating to such projectiles. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Words like "subcaliber"

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100-pound

40-millimeter

40-mm

armor-piercing

black-powder

consumable

factory-loaded

line-throwing

screw-in

shoulder-fired

small arms

subcalibre

truth-finding

undetonated

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