Crossword-Solution: CALIBRE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Calibre | n. | The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. |
| Calibre | n. | The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. |
| Calibre | n. | Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CALIBRE | anagram | CALIBER |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CALIBRE (5)
She flung her arms round Troy’s neck, exclaiming wildly from the deepest deep of her heart,— “Don’t—don’t kiss them! Oh, Frank, I can”t bear it—I can’t! I love you better than she did: kiss me too, Frank—kiss me! _You will, Frank, kiss me too!_” There was something so abnormal and startling in the childlike pain and simplicity of this appeal from a woman of Bathsheba’s calibre and independence, that Troy, loosening her tightly clasped arms from his neck, looked at her in bewilderment.
The only fire-arms on board were a pair of swivels of one-inch calibre; but it is quite surprising how much the sound is lost in foggy weather, as the report was heard but at a very short distance.
When I had for guest a man of limited drinking calibre, I took two drinks to his one--one drink with him, the other drink without him and of which he did not know.
The armament of each vessel consisted of but one gun, of large calibre, placed on the forward deck, and protected by a bomb-proof covering.
The performers appealed to each other, to the audience, to the heaven above; they took counsel with each other, the conspirators drew together in a knot; it was just an opera, the drums coming in at proper intervals, the tenor, baritone, and bass all where they should be—except that the voices were all of the same calibre.
Quotes with CALIBRE (3)
The Peacemaker Colt has now been in production, without change in design, for a century. Buy one to-day and it would be indistinguishable from the one Wyatt Earp wore when he was the Marshal of Dodge City. It is the oldest hand-gun in the world, without question the most famous and, if efficiency in its designated task of maiming and killing be taken as criterion of its worth, then it is also probably the best hand-gun ever made. It is no light thing, it is true, to be wounde…
There are two kinds of geniuses: the 'ordinary' and the 'magicians'. An ordinary genius is a fellow whom you and I would be just as good as, if we were only many times better. There is no mystery as to how his mind works. Once we understand what they've done, we feel certain that we, too, could have done it. It is different with the magicians. Even after we understand what they have done it is completely dark. Richard Feynman is a magician of the highest calibre. -- Mark Kac
I really should be studying now, but you're much more important to me than a .50 calibre machine gun.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1944–2009).