.38-CALIBRE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does .38-calibre mean? 

• .38-CALIBRE (adjective)
  The adjective .38-CALIBRE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

  Familiarity information: .38-CALIBRE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• .38-CALIBRE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

.38-caliber; .38-calibre; .38 caliber; .38 calibre

Context example:

a .38 caliber shell

Pertainym:

calibre (diameter of a tube or gun barrel)