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FIELD ARTILLERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field artillery mean? 

FIELD ARTILLERY (noun)
  The noun FIELD ARTILLERY has 1 sense:

1. movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)play

  Familiarity information: FIELD ARTILLERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIELD ARTILLERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

field artillery; field gun

Hypernyms ("field artillery" is a kind of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)


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