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artillery
What does artillery mean?
artillery (noun): large but transportable armament.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use artillery in a sentence?
- Heavy artillery was employed. (Tatoeba sentence #10176868 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce artillery?
/ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does artillery come from?
From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of artillery?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “artillery”?
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What does “artillery” mean?
a particular instance of selling
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the result or outcome of a cause
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large but transportable armament
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a journey; an excursion or jaunt
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Which word is closest in meaning to “artillery”?
position
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security
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ordnance
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research
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