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GUN BARREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gun barrel mean?
• GUN BARREL (noun)
The noun GUN BARREL has 1 sense:
1. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Familiarity information: GUN BARREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
barrel; gun barrel
Hypernyms ("gun barrel" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Holonyms ("gun barrel" is a part of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
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