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ARTILLERY SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does artillery shell mean? 

ARTILLERY SHELL (noun)
  The noun ARTILLERY SHELL has 1 sense:

1. a shell fired by artilleryplay

  Familiarity information: ARTILLERY SHELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARTILLERY SHELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A shell fired by artillery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("artillery shell" is a kind of...):

shell (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun)


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