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Meanings of howitzer in English
Synonyms
Examples for "mortar"
Examples for "mortar"
1
Of course, that doesn't mean brick-and-mortar stores are going away anytime soon.
2
Took away the mortar in his pockets; no sign of it here.
3
Do we compromise our skin's health by constantly scrubbing off the mortar?
4
Earlier, Palestinians fired a mortar shell at an Israeli settlement in Gaza.
5
In the simplest form, the sugar cane is crushed in a mortar.
1
The use of phosgene in trench mortar bombs also began in 1916.
2
A German trench mortar shell filled with scraps of iron and nails.
3
To compare a Roman catapult with a modern trench mortar seems absurd.
4
Every form of bomb, catapult, and trench mortar was ready to hand.
5
Our trench mortar was being worked energetically to keep back any German reinforcements.
Usage of howitzer in English
1
The other officers of artillery were detached in the other four howitzer-boats.
2
The guns were wheeled into position, and the first howitzer was fired.
3
Briefly summed up, the result is that the howitzer, firing a 3-lb.
4
One of them, Turner noticed, was crying as he destroyed his howitzer.
5
The next morning a brass howitzer was brought into camp, and delivered.
6
A howitzer lurked beside it, and this also was blown into ruin.
7
German howitzer fire, from behind the ridge, however, soon destroyed the bridge.
8
He was holding leveled at them the bronze barrel of the howitzer.
9
It was a howitzer broadside, slow, deliberate, but every shot a hit.
10
Maggie thought it had to be like standing next to a howitzer.
11
But then again, you don't need a howitzer to enforce the law.
12
The Captain of the howitzer coils the lanyard around the lock.
13
The Captain of the howitzer superintends and assists whenever it may be necessary.
14
To-night we did not succeed in getting the howitzer into camp.
15
Out of the distance came the brooding whine of an approaching howitzer shell.
16
History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer.
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Howitzer through the time
Howitzer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common