MACHINE RIFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machine rifle mean? 

• MACHINE RIFLE (noun)
  The noun MACHINE RIFLE has 1 sense:

1. light machine gun

  Familiarity information: MACHINE RIFLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHINE RIFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light machine gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

automatic; automatic rifle; machine rifle

Hypernyms ("machine rifle" is a kind of...):

automatic firearm; automatic gun; automatic weapon (a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released)

machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "machine rifle"):

assault gun; assault rifle (any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use)

BAR; Browning automatic rifle (a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War)